Mauritania
Introduction
Situated in West
Africa, Mauritania has borders with Algeria to the northwest, Western Sahara to
the North West, Mali to the east and south, Senegal on the southwest and the
Atlantic Ocean on the west. There are three distinct geographic
regions in Mauritania; a narrow belt along the Senegal River Valley in the
south, where soil and climatic conditions permit settled agriculture; north of
this valley, a broad east-west bank characterised by vast sand plains and fixed
dunes held in place by sparse grass and scrub trees; and a large northern arid
region shading into the Sahara Desert and characterised by shifting sand dunes,
rock outcroppings and rugged mountainous plateaus with elevations of more than
1,500 ft. The country is generally flat and the coastline indented; the Senegal
River and its tributaries are the only waterways.
| The Africa Guide's recommended book
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The Rough Guide to West Africa 5 (Author)
- (Paperback) Author Richard Trillo (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe covering the 15 visitable
countries from Mauritania to Cameroon in fifty percent more detail than its
only competitor. Each chapter of the Rough Guide includes thoroughly researched
hotel and restaurant listings, sections on everything from food and language to
media and sport, and thoughtful background on the environment, culture,
history, politics and music |
| The Africa Guide's recommended
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Mauritania Travel
Map (Maps Worldwide) Published by Institut Geographique
National (IGN) - Countries and Cities of the World Road map of Gabon with
place name index and town map of Libreville. .
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