A sandy beach runs along the entire coast, which, unlike the Petite Côte, has few settlements – Kayar and Mboro being exceptions. The last stage of the Dakar Rally used to run along the beach. The coastline is also relatively rich in heavy minerals, with significant amounts of zircon having been discovered in the 2000s.[2]
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In 2012, a railway branch line was proposed to haul mineral sands.[3] In 2014, Grande Côte Operations began operating trains from its mineral sands extraction project. The newly operated branch line consisted of 22km of new alignment to Mékhé, and the rehabilitation of the existing line from there to Dakar, a distance of around 100km.[4]
grande, côte, other, uses, disambiguation, stretch, coastline, senegal, running, north, from, vert, peninsula, dakar, border, with, mauritania, louis, sandy, beach, runs, along, entire, coast, which, unlike, petite, côte, settlements, kayar, mboro, being, exce. For other uses see Grande Cote disambiguation The Grande Cote is a stretch of coastline in Senegal running north from the Cap Vert peninsula of Dakar to the border with Mauritania at St Louis 1 A sandy beach runs along the entire coast which unlike the Petite Cote has few settlements Kayar and Mboro being exceptions The last stage of the Dakar Rally used to run along the beach The coastline is also relatively rich in heavy minerals with significant amounts of zircon having been discovered in the 2000s 2 Fish market in LompoulTransport editIn 2012 a railway branch line was proposed to haul mineral sands 3 In 2014 Grande Cote Operations began operating trains from its mineral sands extraction project The newly operated branch line consisted of 22km of new alignment to Mekhe and the rehabilitation of the existing line from there to Dakar a distance of around 100km 4 See also editRailway stations in SenegalReferences edit Else David 1999 The Gambia and Senegal Lonely Planet Publications p 298 ISBN 9780864425935 The Report Senegal 2011 Oxford Business Group 2010 p 121 ISBN 9781907065323 http www sinfin net railways world senegal htm Junction Railways in Senegal www sinfin net Retrieved 2022 04 05 nbsp This Senegal location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grande Cote amp oldid 1129180352, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
