Langue de Barbarie
The Langue de Barbarie (French for "Barbary spit of land", named after the Barbary Coast) is a thin, sandy peninsula, adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean, located in western Senegal, in the neighbourhood of the city of Saint-Louis.[1] The peninsula separates the ocean from the final section of the Senegal River.
National park
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2003 breach and environmental disaster
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