Manding Mountains

The Manding Mountains are a highland area in Mali, stretching between its western border with Guinea to an area 50km west of Bamako, Mali's capital.^[1][2] They reach 457 metres (1,499 ft) above sea level.^[2] Kangaba, the spiritual home of the Mandinka people, is located at the foot of the mountains.^[1]

The range is composed of sandstone, sculpted into dramatic buttes and cliffs by erosion.^[3] Some of these formations have been named by locals, such as the Butte of the Stubborn Woman, said to be a woman who refused to search any more for her lost husband and was punished by being turned to stone.^[3]

1. ^ ^{a b} Velton, Ross (2004). Mali: The Bradt Travel Guide. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 125–126. ISBN 978-1-84162-077-0. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
2. ^ ^{a b} DiPiazza, Francesca Davis (2007). Mali in Pictures. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-8225-6591-8. Retrieved 2008-12-17. manding mountains mali.
3. ^ ^{a b} Scheffel, Richard L.; Wernet, Susan J., eds. (1980). Natural Wonders of the World. United States of America: Reader's Digest Association, Inc. pp. 228. ISBN 0-89577-087-3.

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