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Gambia River

The 182nd longest river in the world

1,130 km

The Gambia River (formerly known as the River Gambra, Fleuve Gambie, Rio Gâmbia) is a major river in West Africa, running 1,120 kilometres (700 mi) from the Fouta Djallon plateau in north Guinea westward through Senegal and The Gambia to the Atlantic Ocean at the city of Banjul. It is navigable for about half that length. The river is strongly associated with The Gambia, the smallest country in mainland Africa, which occupies the downstream half of the river and its two banks.

Flows through: Guinea, Senegal, The Gambia.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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