| Lac de Guiers | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | |
| Basin countries | Senegal |
| Max. A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, length | 35 km |
| Max. width | 8 km |
The Lac de Guiers is in northern Senegal, south of the city of Richard-Toll. Senegal (le Sénégal officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. Richard Toll is a town in northern Senegal, lying on the south bank of the River Senegal, just east of Rosso. It is a chief source of fresh water for the city of Dakar, hundreds of kilometers to the southeast, through underground pipes. For the Dakar Rally see Dakar Rally. For the Israeli submarine see INS Dakar.
It is about 35 kilometers long and 8 kilometers wide, and is supplied by the Bounoum River that flows north into its southern end, from Fouta. A Fouta, also known as a Foutanké is a breed of Water used to flow out to the Senegal River north through the Portuguese River, but this has been replaced by a straight canal to Richard-Toll. The Sénégal River is a 1790 km long River in West Africa, that forms the border between Senegal and Mauritania. The shores are mostly fertile. The north shore and surrounding area have been converted to a large sugar-growing region irrigated with water from this lake.
The lake has a complicated history involving the kingdoms of Tekrur and Waalo and the Empire of Jolof (Diolof). Takrur, Tekrur, or Tekrour (c 800 - c 1285) was an ancient state of West Africa, which flourished roughly parallel to the The Kingdom of Waalo ( Oualo) was a kingdom on the lower Senegal River in West Africa in what are now Senegal and Mauritania. Notably, the settlement of Nder, the third and final capital of the former Kingdom of Waalo, was located on the west shores of the Lake. Alioune Mbaye Nder (born 1969 Dakar, Senegal) is a Senegalese Singer The Kingdom of Waalo ( Oualo) was a kingdom on the lower Senegal River in West Africa in what are now Senegal and Mauritania. The royal compound or "keur" is still there. Previously Lac de Guiers was called Lac du Panier Foule or Pania Fuli, referring to the Peulh people. The Fula or Fulbe or Fulani (the latter being an Anglicisation of the word in their language Fulɓe) are an ethnic group of
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