Rio De Oro
a strip of coast with its hinterland belonging to Spain on the W. of the Sahara desert, Africa, stretching from Cape Blanco to Morocco and bounded on the E. and S. by the Territory of Mauritania belonging to France. Its area is about 121,400 square miles, the French boundary being settled and confirmed in 1900 and 1912. The region is an arid plateau, with a growth of esparto grass near the sea, and some oases inland.
There is some cattle and camel raising raising and the inhabitants, chiefly neabout 30,000.