Sofaniama Bolong
| Sofaniama Bolong | ||
 The Sofaniama Bolong east of Soma |
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| location |
 Senegal Gambia
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| River system | Gambia | |
| Drain over | Gambia → Atlantic | |
| source | Kolda region | |
| muzzle | in the Gambia coordinates: 13 ° 30 ′ 17 ″ N , 15 ° 18 ′ 8 ″ W 13 ° 30 ′ 17 ″ N , 15 ° 18 ′ 8 ″ W
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| length | 130 km | |
The Sofaniama Bolong (other spelling Sofanyama Bolong ; French spelling Sofaniama Bolon ) is a left tributary of the West African Gambia River .
geography
The headwaters of the Sofaniama Bolong are located around 16 kilometers east of the city of Médina Yoro Foulah in the Senegalese region of Kolda . This region belongs to the Casamance , which lies between the states of Gambia and Guinea-Bissau . The river flows for a length of about 130 kilometers in a north-westerly direction until it flows into the Gambia River with a width of about 90 meters . There are extensive mangrove forests there .
The addition Bolong , which has many tributaries of the Gambia, means "moving water" or "tributary" in the Mandinka language .
