Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Island of Saint-Louis' has mentioned 'River' in the following places:
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On the mainland, the east bank of the river is the site of Sor, an older settlement now considered a suburb of Saint-Louis. | WIKI |
The marshes are flood basins that form during the rainy season when the river overflows into the countryside, creating ponds and stretches of mangroves that attract birds like flamingos and pelicans. | WIKI |
In June 2008, Alioune Badiane of the United Nations' UN-Habitat agency designated Saint-Louis as "the city most threatened by rising sea levels in the whole of Africa", citing climate change and a failed 2004 river and tidal canal project as the cause. | WIKI |
They controlled most of the up-country river trade and they financed the principal Catholic institutions. | WIKI |
Today, rich in three centuries of history, in cultural background, geography, architecture, and other characteristics, Saint-Louis is a bridge between the savanna and the desert, the ocean and the river, tradition and modernity, Islam and Christianity, Europe and Africa. | WIKI |
The annual reggata, or pirogue race organized by teams of fishermen from Guet-Ndar, takes place on the "little branch" of the river, between Ndar Island and the Langue de Barbarie. | WIKI |
This park occupies over 120xc2xa0kmxc2xb2 and includes part of the river, and many lakes, basins, and marshes. | WIKI |
As the first French chartered company on the Atlantic coast of African in 1659, the Island of Saint-Louis became the hub for European traders travelling up the river year round in search of slaves but also gum arabic, gold, leather and other products. | UNESCO |