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As it is formed by the confluence of the Semefé and Bafing River s, it is considered a sweet water river. The Semefé and Bafing rivers have their mutual source in Guinea ; the Bafing River flows through Mali and the Semefé is on the Malinese-Senegalese border. Approaching its mouth, the Senegal passes through Biffeche and the island on which the city of Saint-Louis, Senegal is located, then turns south. It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a thin strip of sand called the Langue De Barbarie before it pours into the Ocean itself. The river has two large Dam s along its course, the Manantali Dam in Mali, and the Maka-Diama Dam on the Mauritania-Senegal border, near the outlet to the sea. The Manantali dam was build as a reservoir. The Maka-Diama dam prevents access of salt water into the inner country. The Senegal River has a Drainage Basin of 483,181 km&2 and an estimated annual discharge of 8 million km³. Important tributaries are the Faleme River , Karakoro River , and the Gorgol River . In 1972 Mali, Mauritania and Senegal founded the Organisation Pour La Mise En Valeur Du Fleuve Sénégal (OMVS) to manage the river basin. Guinea joined in 2005. EXTERNAL LINKS
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