Fouta Djallon
Fouta Djallon is a highland region in central Guinea, West Africa, rising to about 1,500 meters.
The sandstone plateau is the source of several major West African rivers, including the Senegal, Gambia, and Niger.
Historically, it was the center of an 18th-century Islamic state established by Fula people.
Also spelled Futa Jallon.
- highlandsElevated, hilly land areas
- FulaniWest African ethnic group
- tributariesStreams joining larger rivers
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- springsCoils, sources, or leaps
biodiversity · aquifers · bauxite · endemic species · independence movements · Guinea · archaeological sites · valleys · plateaus · river basins · Niger River · pastoralism · West Africa · herders · oral histories · huts · grasslands · terraces
- West AfricaNigeria, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Senegal
- African geologyGreat Rift Valley, Niger Delta, Rift Valley, Afar Triangle, Mount Kilimanjaro
- Fouta Djallon
- FulaniFulani, Fulani braids, Sokoto Caliphate
- Guineaprefectures, regions, Lola, sub-prefectures, communes
- Senegal Rivertributaries, river basin, floodplains, riverbank, waterway
topography
Fouta DjallonNiger Delta
Nigerian river mouth region
coastal lowlands · Sahel · Sahara · Congo Basin · Nile Delta