High Resolution Download. Environmental Highlights Deforestation Desertification Large number of protected areas Extensive use of agricultural parkland. Case Studies. The Pata Forest Reserve in the Casamance: a window on a disappearing forest. The Pata Forest Reserve was once part of a vast, unbroken Sudanian woodland that stretched from the Gambia River to the Casamance River, with narrow gallery forests following the watercourses.
How to attribute? Senegal is the westernmost country in mainland Africa. Senegal borders Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast, and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest.
Also, it completely surrounds the country of The Gambia , which is basically a 20 to mile buffer along the Gambia River. Senegal also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde , which is about kilometers mi off the west coast of Senegal, Africa.
Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal. Senegal occupies an area of , square kilometers 75, sq mi. A mix of landscapes covers Senegal like mangroves, tropical rainforests, and deserts.
It is bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by Mauritania, on the east by Mali and on the south by Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. The country of Gambia is located almost entirely inside Senegal—it is surrounded by Senegal, but has one coastal border on the Atlantic Ocean. National Symbols of Senegal. Pan-African colors used also by Ghana and Ethiopia, the star represents hope and unity. The country is 75, square miles in size which makes Senegal a little smaller than the state of South Dakota or slightly bigger than the region of New England Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island combined.
The country is divided into fourteen regions—similar to the states in the U. Dakar is the capital and juts out into the Atlantic as a peninsula. Senegal is comprised mostly of low-lying flat terrain with only a few areas of high elevation, mostly in the foothills of the Fouta Djallon area in the southeast corner of the country near its border with Guinea. Most of Senegal is part of the arid region called the western savanna or the Sahel, which is the belt of land stretching between the Sahara desert to the north and more tropical regions to the south.
Louis , Casamance, and the East. Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean plays a big part in the history of Senegal as well as in its modern economy. The entire western border of the country is the Atlantic coast.
However, before Europeans arrived in Senegal in the 16th century, ocean trade was minimally significant whereas inland trading routes, such as rivers and over-land caravan routes, were the main arteries of trade in the region.
This changed with the arrival of the Portuguese and then other Europeans from the west via the Atlantic beginning in the 16th century who brought with them huge trading potential. The primary trade route thus shifted from the Sahara desert and major rivers to the Atlantic. The western, Atlantic Ocean trade orientation has primarily stayed into the 21st century. Once ocean trading was established, cities along the coast began to grow in size and significance.
Ziguinchor, on the south Atlantic coast, also boasts large fishing enterprises as well as an important port which is the main sea-lane to Dakar from the the Casamance region which is south of the Gambia for human as well as commercial transport. Additionally, countries whose populations have a high demand for fish such as China and Japan pay large sums of money—called royalties— to the Senegalese government for the rights to fish in these waters. There are four main rivers in Senegal: The Gambia River which divides the northern regions from the south and runs mostly through the independent country of the Gambia; the Senegal River which forms the northern border with Mauritania and a small part of the eastern border with Mali; the Faleme River which forms the remainder of the eastern border; and, the Casamance River which runs through the southernmost region of the country.
Before European contact, the people of Senegal used the rivers to trade with one another. They provided fairly easy access to regions in the interior. After Europeans arrived, rivers served as the link between the interior and the Atlantic coast. In fact, rivers were seen as such an important means of travel and trade providing arteries for colonial competition and conquest in Africa.
For example, the British, wanting access to the Gambia River, negotiated with the French to carve out the colony now and an independent country of the Gambia from the middle of the Senegal region. Moreover, rivers have maintained their importance. Lakes like this occur in arid regions of the world and their unique pink color is caused by a combination of micro-organisms and mineral concentrations in the water. It is a wide, shallow lake that is surrounded by dunes and is located only a couple hundred meters from the ocean.
Geologists speculate that the lake is the remains of a fossil sea that once occupied a large part of Senegal. These regions are further subdivided into 45 departments which are then divided into smaller administrative divisions. With an area of 42, sq. Dakar that hosts the national capital city of Dakar is the most populous region in the country.
It is bordered by four countries; Mauritania, Mali, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau to the north, east, southeast, and southwest, respectively. The country is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
Senegal nearly surrounds the small country of The Gambia. Regional Maps : Map of Africa. The blank outline map respresents mainland Senegal.
0コメント