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Gambiai
Regional Level Types
GambiaCountry

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Geological map of The Gambia

Gambia
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Geological map of The Gambia

Gambia
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Geological map of The Gambia

Gambia
Area:
11,295 km2
Neighbouring regions:
Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Serekunda340,000 (2017)
Brikama77,700 (2011)
Bakau43,098 (2012)
Banjul34,589 (2015)
Farafenni29,867 (2012)
Lamin24,797 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
187378
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:187378:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Gambie
German:
Gambia
Italian:
Gambia
Russian:
Гамбия
Simplified Chinese:
冈比亚
Spanish:
Gambia
Afrikaans:
Gambië
Albanian:
Gambia
Arabic:
غامبيا
Belarusian:
Гамбія
Bulgarian:
Гамбия
Catalan:
Gàmbia
Czech:
Gambie
Danish:
Gambia
Dutch:
Gambia
Estonian:
Gambia
Farsi/Persian:
گامبیا
Finnish:
Gambia
Galician:
Gambia
Greek:
Γκάμπια
Hebrew:
גמביה
Hindi:
ज़ाम्बिया
Hungarian:
Gambia
Icelandic:
Gambía
Indonesian:
Gambia
Irish Gaelic:
An Ghaimbia
Japanese:
ガンビア
Korean:
감비아
Latvian:
Gambija
Lithuanian:
Gambija
Macedonian:
Гамбија
Norwegian:
Gambia
Polish:
Gambia
Portuguese:
Gâmbia
Romanian:
Gambia
Serbian:
Гамбија
Slovak:
Gambia
Slovenian:
Gambija
Swahili:
Gambia
Swedish:
Gambia
Tagalog:
Ang Gambiya
Thai:
แกมเบีย
Turkish:
Gambiya
Ukrainian:
Гамбія
Vietnamese:
Gambia
Welsh:
Y Gambia


The principal mineral commodities produced in The Gambia are clays, laterite, sand and gravel, silica sand, and zircon.

List of minerals for each chemical element

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences2
Youngest Fossil Listed89.8 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed113 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Galeacornea clavis
species
Galeacornea : Galeacornea clavis100.5 - 89.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Elaterosporites protensus
species
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Gnetopsida : Gnetales : Elaterosporites : Elaterosporites protensus113 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikidata ID:Q1005


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