Fun fact 4 about Senegal River
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The river was nicknamed the 'River of Gold' by Trans-Saharan traders due to its connection to the gold-producing Ghana and Mali Empires.
Senegal River
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Senegal River
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Length
1,790 km
Mouth
Atlantic Ocean
Countries
Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Mauritania
The Senegal River ; Wolof: Dexug Senegaal, Arabic: نهر السنغال, romanized: Nahr as-Siniġāl, Hassaniyya pronunciation: [nahrˤ əs.säjnigaːl], French: Fleuve Sénégal) is a 1086-kilometre-long (675 mi) river in West Africa; much of its length marks part of the border between Senegal and Mauritania.
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