Banto faros | riverine plain | Britannica (original) (raw)

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pedology of Gambia River

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  In Gambia River
  …river flats (known locally as banto faros) of the lower river are rendered useless for cultivation by the salt water that periodically inundates them, and settlements on them are few. The flats of the middle and upper river are of some agricultural value, however. Much of the grassland is regularly…
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physiography and development of Gambia

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  In The Gambia: Settlement patterns
  …the riverine flats, known as banto faros (from a Mande word meaning “beyond the swamp”), and the sandstone uplands. Most rural settlement is concentrated on the uplands, which have the best-drained soils. A number of settlements are located in the banto faros on the middle course of the river, where…
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