Senegal River

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• Sénégal River — River, 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… …   Universalium

• Sénégal River — The Sénégal River is a 1790 km long river in West Africa, that forms the border between Senegal and Mauritania. It was called Bambotus by Pliny the Elder (from Phoenician behemoth for hippopotamus) and Nias by Claudius Ptolemy. It was visited by… …   Wikipedia

• Senegal (fleuve) — Sénégal (fleuve) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Sénégal. Sénégal À Saint Louis du Sénégal Caractéri …   Wikipédia en Français

• Senegal (Fluss) — Sénégal Einzugsgebiet des SenegalVorlage:Infobox Fluss/KARTE fehlt …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Senegal — /sen i gawl , gahl /, n. 1. a republic in W Africa: independent member of the French Community; formerly part of French West Africa. 9,403,546; 76,084 sq. mi. (197,057 sq. km). Cap.: Dakar. 2. a river in W Africa, flowing NW from E Mali to the… …   Universalium

• Senegal — Infobox Country native name = République du Sénégal conventional long name = Republic of Senegal |common name = Senegal national motto = Un Peuple, Un But, Une Foi nbsp|2(French) One People, One Goal, One Faith national anthem = Pincez Tous vos… …   Wikipedia

• Sénégal (fleuve) — 15°47′17″N 16°31′44″O / 15.78806, 16.52889 …   Wikipédia en Français

• river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …   Universalium

• Senegal gum — noun gum arabic from the vicinity of the Senegal river • Hypernyms: ↑gum arabic, ↑gum acacia * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized S : gum arabic from the vicinity of the Senegal river …   Useful english dictionary

• SENEGAL —    1) an important river of West Africa, formed by the junction, at Bafulabé, of two head streams rising in the highlands of Western Soudan; flows NW., W., and SW., a course of 706 m., and discharges into the Atlantic 10 m. below St. Louis;… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia