Senegal country profile

Lead Author: Maggie Surface (other articles)
This article has been reviewed and approved by the following Topic Editor: Lakhdar Boukerrou (other articles)
Last Updated: June 4, 2008

Map of Senegal. (Source: University of Texas)
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Map of Senegal. (Source: University of Texas)

Guinea baboon (Papio hamadryas papio), Senegal. (Photograph by Pascal Dubois)
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Guinea baboon (Papio hamadryas papio), Senegal. (Photograph by Pascal Dubois)

  1. General overview
  2. Water in Senegal
  3. Energy in Senegal
  4. Human Development Index
  5. National parks and preserves:
    1. Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
    2. Niokolo-Koba National Park
  6. Ecoregions:
    1. Cape Verde Islands dry forests
    2. Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
    3. Sahelian Acacia savanna
    4. West Sudanian savanna

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Surface, Maggie (Lead Author); Lakhdar Boukerrou (Topic Editor). 2008. "Senegal country profile." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [Published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 4, 2008; Retrieved July 3, 2009]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Senegal_country_profile>
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