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]
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- ^ 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.