Lake Manantali

Infobox lake
lake_name = Lake Manantali
image_lake =10.34748W 13.10430N.png caption_lake = View from space. The Manantali Dam is at the top left corner of the lake, with the Bafing River running towards Senegal to the northwest. The river continues directly south.
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coords =coord|13.153039|N|10.568848|W|type:waterbody_region:ML|display=inline,title
type =artificial
inflow = Bafing River
outflow = Bafing River
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basin_countries = Mali
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area = 477 km²
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volume = 11.3 billion m³
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cities =Manantali, Tondidji

Lake Manantali is a large artificial lake, formed by the 1989 construction of the Manantali Dam, on the Bafing River in Mali. Its northern point is located 90 km to the south-east of the city of Bafoulabé.

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Lake Manantali covers 477 km² and contains 11.3 billion m³ of water. Its formation forced 12,000 people from their homes and flooded 120 km² of forest. The lake largely ended the flood patterns on both the Bafing and Senegal Rivers, compromising traditional agriculture which depended upon seasonal flooding. The lake has created benefits as well: consistent navigation downstream of the dam, use of for irrigation of surrounding land, and a source for commercial fishing. The dam itself provides hydroelectric power through much of the region. [ [http://internationalrivers.org/en/africa/case-study-manantali-dam-project-mali-mauritania-senegal Peter Bosshard. A Case Study on the Manantali Dam Project (Mali, Mauritania, Senegal), Berne Declaration/internationalrivers. March 1, 1999] ]

References

*Knaap, M. van der. Status of fish stocks and fisheries of thirteen medium-sized African reservoirs. CIFA Technical Paper. No. 26. Rome, FAO. 1994. 107p.
*citebook|title=Dams and Disease: Ecological Design and Health Impacts of Large Dams, Canals, and Irrigation Systems |author=William R. Jobin|year= 1999|publisher=Taylor & Francis|id=ISBN 0419223606 |url=http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0419223606&id=NH6WcjShY2oC&pg=PA239&lpg=PA239&ots=TbZgPnlesk&dq=%22Bakoy+River%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=ivNXJjX3GLZXNs6mZXEdNTHie6s

External links

* [http://www.astrosurf.com/luxorion/Sciences/lac-manantali-mali-1977-1999.jpgSatellite view of the Bafing River valley before and after the formation of Lake Manantali] .