The Senegal River ; Wolof: Dexug Senegaal, Arabic: نهر السنغال, romanized: Nahr as-Siniġāl, Hassaniyya pronunciation:, French: Fleuve Sénégal) is a 1086-kilometre-long river in West Africa; much of its length marks part of the border between Senegal and Mauritania. It has a drainage basin of 270000 km², a mean flow of 680 m³/s, and an annual discharge of 21…
The Senegal River ; Wolof: Dexug Senegaal, Arabic: نهر السنغال, romanized: Nahr as-Siniġāl, Hassaniyya pronunciation:, French: Fleuve Sénégal) is a 1086-kilometre-long river in West Africa; much of its length marks part of the border between Senegal and Mauritania. It has a drainage basin of 270000 km², a mean flow of 680 m³/s, and an annual discharge of 21.5 km³. Important tributaries are the Falémé River, Karakoro River, and the Gorgol River. The river divides into two branches once it passes Kaédi The left branch, called the Doué, runs parallel to the main river to the north. After 200 km the two branches rejoin a few kilometers downstream of Podor.
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