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The River, the Landscape and Wildlife

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Landscape
Global Eye provides information about the landscape of the country.
Click on 'Land' then make sure you click on the blue headings
The River
The Gambia.Net provides information about 'The Majestic River Gambia' for the tourist covering good general information
The River
Basic information about the river and its course

The River's Course
A map showing the full length of the river. Use the icons above the map saying 'map size' to see more detai. Click on Print Preview to print it out.

River Maps
To see really clear maps of the River Gambia and its tributaries look at this site. They are not named.

River and Wildlife Photos
A page of photos from Nick and Sally Kendalls' website.

Click here for Wildlife

Birds of The Gambia
A wonderful set of photos of the very colourful birds
Wildlife
Is there much wildlife in The Gambia? Perhaps not jungle animals but this BBC site will tell you what can be seen.

Wildlife on Stamps

This site shows that wildlife has been used for Gambian stamps

General Photos

A personal set of photos along the River Gambia

Trees and wildlife
A site from a couple who did VSO.
Click on 'Environment' then 'Trees' Make sure you click on hyperlinks.
Then try 'Wildlife'