Banto faros also dot the lower river, while north-south river crossings are provided by ferries such as those plying between Barra and Banjul, or Banni and Kerewan.
Because of braiding, numerous islands lie along its middle course, including Elephant Island and MacCarthy Island. Flowing from its source in the Fouta Djallon across a plateau of Miocene-Pliocene sandstone, its major tributaries are the Sandougou and the Sofianiama. Numerous bolons, creeks, join it, the largest of which is the Bintang Bolon, which flows to it from the south. Banto faros also dot the lower river, while north-south river crossings are provided by ferries such as those plying between Barra and Banjul, or Banni and Kerewan. Rising in the Republic of Guinea and 700 miles long, it is the only western African river that is easily accessible to oceangoing shipping. FTP, name this river which flows westward through its namesake country into the Atlantic Ocean.
Because of braiding, numerous islands lie along its middle course, including Elephant Island and MacCarthy Island.
Gambia River