What is Gorgol River?
{{Infobox river | name = Gorgol | native_name = | image = | image_caption = | source1_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{WikidataCoord|display=it}} | mouth_location = [[Sénégal River]] | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Mauritania]] | length = | source1_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | basin_landmarks = | basin_population = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | waterbodies = | waterfalls = | bridges = | ports = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} The '''Gorgol River''' is a [[river]] in the [[Gorgol Region]] in southern [[Mauritania]]. It is a [[tributary]] of the [[Senegal River]]. The river is made by the [[confluence]] of the Gorgol Noir (194&nbsp;km in length), with the Gorgol Blanc (345&nbsp;km in length). The Gorgol River joins the Senegal River at [[Kaédi]].<ref name=hycos>{{citation|title=SENEGAL-HYCOS: Renforcement des capacités nationales et régionales d’observation, transmission et traitement de données pour contribuer au développement durable du bassin du Fleuve Sénégal (Document de projet préliminaire) |publisher=Système Mondial d’Observation du Cycle Hydrologique (WHYCOS) |url=http://www.whycos.org/IMG/pdf/Senegal_HYCOS_september_2007.pdf |year=2007 |language=French |page=5 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228165424/http://www.whycos.org/IMG/pdf/Senegal_HYCOS_september_2007.pdf |archivedate=2013-12-28 }}.</ref> The river basin is important to the [[Economy of Mauritania|Mauritanian economy]] because of [[investment]] in the 1970s.<ref>[http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Mauritania-AGRICULTURE.html Nations Encyclopedia], Retrieved June 11, 2008</ref><ref>Jobin, William R., Negrón-Aponte, Henry and Michelson, Edward H., 1976,<br>[http://www.ajtmh.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/4/587 Schistosomia