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Senegal River

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A major river of West Africa, flowing roughly 1,800 kilometers from the Guinea highlands to the Atlantic Ocean and forming much of the border between Senegal and Mauritania. It is managed jointly by the countries it flows through for irrigation and hydroelectric power.

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