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Sénégal River |
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Sénégal RiverRiver, western Africa. It rises in Guinea and flows northwest across Mali, then west to the Atlantic Ocean, forming the border between Mauritania and Senegal. It is 1,020 mi (1,641 km) long. Its two major headstreams, the Bafing and Bakoye, meet in Mali to form the Sénégal proper. Dams control floodwaters and prevent the encroachment of saltwater during the dry season. 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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| Twelve veterinary posts were selected to perform serologic surveillance along the Senegal River Valley, in the pastoral area of Ferlo, including Barkedji, and in Upper Casamance (the southern, forested area), because of the previous RVF outbreaks in these places (Figure 1). Along the Senegal River in West Africa, villagers greet guests with specially prepared rice dishes. Although a fraction of the slaves brought down the Senegal River to Saint-Louis-du-Senegal and some others brought to Dakar's Goree island may have been Islamized, these slaves would almost invariably have gone, not to North America, but to the French Antilles, Haiti and French Guiana. |
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