Tanbi, a working estuary

Ramsar designates the Tanbi Wetlands Complex across Banjul, Kanifing and Brikama administrative areas. Its summary describes a low estuary shaped by river and marine sediments with much of its area in mangrove habitat. ^{[ramsar-gambia]}

The site record names subsistence fishing, agriculture, oyster and mangrove harvesting alongside shoreline stabilization and shrimp breeding. These are linked ecological and human uses, not a claim that every nearby settlement depends on the wetland in the same way. ^{[ramsar-gambia]}