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fiogf49gjkf0d SENEGAL IS SITUATED IN WESTERN AFRICA, AND COVERS AN AREA
OF 196,772SQ KM. SENEGAL IS SEPARATED FROM MAURITANIA IN THE
NORTH AND NORTHEAST BY THE SENEGAL RIVER. THE FALEME RIVER
TO THE EAST SEPARATES THE COUNTRY FROM MALI AND GUINEA AND
GUINEA-BISSAU LIE TO THE SOUTH. GAMBIA FORMS AN ENCLAVE ON
THE SOUTHWESTERN BOUNDARY. SENEGAL TENDS TO BE FLAT, WITH
THREE MAIN FEATURES:
THE CAP VERT HEADLAND, FORMING A GROUP OF SMALL PLAINS OF
VOLCANIC ROCK TO THE WEST. IN THE SOUTHEAST AND EAST ON THE
EDGE OF THE ANCIENT MASSIF LIES THE FOUTA DJALLON ON THE
GUINEA BORDER. HERE LIES THE HIGHEST PEAK REACHING UP TO
500M. BETWEEN CAP VERT AND THE MASSIF LIES A SHALLOW BASIN.
THE ATLANTIC COAST IS SANDY AND VERY RUGGED. FURTHER SOUTH
OF THE SALOUM RIVER MOUTH, DROWNED VALLEYS AND MANGROVE
SWAMPS ARE THE MAIN FEATURE ALONG THE COASTLINE.
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