Sankarani River

The Sankarani River is a tributary of the . Flowing northward from the of the in , it crosses into southern , where it joins the Niger approximately 40 kilometres upstream of , the capital of Mali.
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Sankarani River

Latitude
12.01667° or 12° 1′ north
Longitude
-8.31667° or 8° 19′ west
Elevation
324 metres (1,063 feet)
Open location code
7C4H2M8M+M8
Geo­Names ID
2451656
Wiki­data ID
Q1390033
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Sankarani River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Ríu Sankarani
  • Belarusian: Санкарані
  • Bulgarian: Санкарани
  • Catalan: Sankarani
  • Cebuano: Sankarani
  • Chinese: 桑卡拉尼河
  • Chuvash: Санкарани
  • Czech: Sankarani
  • Esperanto: Sankarani (rivero)
  • Esperanto: Sankarani
  • Finnish: Sankarani
  • French: Sankarani
  • German: Sankarani
  • Igbo: Osimiri Sankarani
  • Indonesian: Sankarani
  • Indonesian: Sungai Sankarani
  • Irish: Abhainn Sankarani
  • Italian: Sankarani
  • Japanese: サンカラーニ川
  • Latvian: Sankarani
  • Lithuanian: Sankaranis
  • N'Ko: ߛߊ߲ߞߊߙߊ߲ߣߌ߲߫ ߓߊ
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sankarani
  • Portuguese: Rio Sancarani
  • Portuguese: Rio Sankarani
  • Russian: Санкарани
  • Spanish: Rio Sankarani
  • Spanish: Río Sankarani
  • Welsh: Afon Sankarani

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