The most exposed area is the city of Nouakchott, especially at the port built in
1986, where protective structures in place (a check dam built in 1987, then a
protection groin in 1991) tend to collapse. Recession rates of 25 m per year
have been registered in this area. According to information disclosed during
the caravan of the Mauritanian coast (Association of Parliamentarians), it is
confirmed that the village of Ndiago (community near St. Louis, Senegal) is
also threatened;