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Gambia RiverRiver, western Africa. Rising in Guinea and flowing northwest through Senegal and west through The Gambia to the Atlantic Ocean, it is 700 mi (1,120 km) long. It is the only western African river that is easily accessible to oceangoing shipping. From its source in the highlands of the Fouta Djallon, it follows a winding course to its mouth, which is a ria, or drowned estuary. The flats of the middle and upper river support rice and peanuts and are more heavily settled than the area around the river's lower course. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Among the Web site's new pages are articles on South African Kingfish, Florida fishing and catching Talapia in the African Gambia River. A trickle of those brought down the Gambia River to the village of Bathurst (now Bajul) might possibly have been Muslims, but the Scottish explorer Mungo Park, who traced the river to its source, found only ancestor worship- what anthropologists call "shamanism" or "animism. |
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