Gorgol River

Gorgol River
Irrigation dam across the Gorgol River at Foum Glaeta, Mauritania

The Gorgol River is a river of southern Mauritania. Located in the south flowing through the Gorgol valley, it is a tributary of the Senegal River.

The river basin plays an important in role in Mauritanian economy facilated by investment in the 1970s. The Mauritanian government initiated an irrigation and development scheme in 1975 for the Gorgol River valley where the dam across the Gorgol would increase arable land by over 3,600 ha (9,000 acres). This project was to be followed by other dams that together would add 30,000 ha (74,100 acres) for food production.[1]

The Gorgol river was a source of concern amongst environmentalists from the mid 1970s with new water damming projects on the river. In 1976, Schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever, a parasitic disease caused by several species of fluke of the genus Schistosoma was believed to be increasing along the river valley resulting from disastrous Sahelian drought. A report conducted between May and November 1974, relvealed the prevalence and intensity of schistosomiasis, and the relevant species of snails. Particularly affected was the M'Bout area nearest the proposed reservoir and dam at Foum Gleita. Rates of schistisomiasis were lowest in Kaedi near the confluence of the Gorgol and Senegal rivers. [2]

References

  1. ^ Nations Encyclopedia, Retrieved June 11, 2008
  2. ^ Jobin, William R., Negrón-Aponte, Henry and Michelson, Edward H., 1976,
    Schistosomiasis in the Gorgol Valley of Mauritania , Human Ecology Division, Puerto Rico Nuclear Center, Caparra Heights Station, Puerto Rico and Department of Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, Retrieved on June 11, 2008



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