The Bandama River is the longest river in Ivory Coast with a length of some 800 kilometers. The south-flowing river is fed by the Marahoué , Solomougou , Kan and Nzi rivers and empties into the Tagba Lagoon and the Gulf of Guinea .
15-606: The Bandama flows through Lake Kossou , a large artificial lake created in 1973 by the construction of the Kossou Dam at Kossou . Yamoussoukro , the capital of Ivory Coast , is located adjacent to the Bandama River. The Rallye Côte d'Ivoire is often hosted around the Bandama. 5°08′18″N 4°59′47″W / 5.13833°N 4.99639°W / 5.13833; -4.99639 This article related to
30-581: A commercially exploited food fish. Alestes baremoze is a silver-coloured fish with a bluish-grey dorsum and a white belly, the fins are greyish with an orange coloured lower lobe of the caudal fin . The maximum published length is 43 cm and the maximum published weight is 500g, although sexual maturity is reached at about 20 cm. It belongs to order Characiformes, family Alestidae, and genus Alestes . Histomorphological observations and stomach content analysis suggested that A. baremoze has morphological adaptations for omnivory In eastern Africa it
45-536: A river in Ivory Coast is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lake Kossou Lake Kossou ( French : Lac de Kossou ) is Côte d'Ivoire 's largest lake. It lies on the Bandama River in the center of the country. It is an artificial lake, created in 1973 by damming the Bandama River at Kossou (the Kossou Dam ). Some 75,000 Baoulé people were displaced by the lake. Lake Kossou
60-409: A serious drought and extensive wildfires devastated the crops and the coffee and cacao plantations near the lake, causing great economic loss. In 2019, a project to create a floating solar photovoltaic scheme on the surface of the lake was being considered. It would have an installed capacity of between 10 and 20 megawatts. An early feature of the lake was the development of large populations of
75-510: A width of 45 km (28 mi), an area of 1,855 km (716 sq mi) and a capacity of 28.8 × 10 m (1.017 × 10 cu ft). Besides the generation of power, the creation of the lake was intended to encourage the local population to remain in the area and use the water for irrigating their crops, and it was also hoped that a fishing industry would develop. In 1975 the lake reached its greatest height above sea level of 193 m (633 ft), at which point its surface area
90-554: Is also shows potamodromous and benthopelagic behaviour. It is a rather generalist feeder with considerable flexibility in its diet, shifting from zooplankton to zoobenthos , detritus and macrophytes as the density of plankton declines. When breeding both sexes occur in sheltered bays on lake shores. Non breeding adults migrate upriver from lacustrine environments when the rivers are in flood, where they gather in shoals and feed. Alestes baremoze commonly known as Angara in Uganda
105-755: Is found within Lake Albert , the White Nile and Lake Turkana . In Northern Africa Alestes baremoze was formerly distributed along the whole of the River Nile in Egypt , including the Nile Delta lakes, Rosetta Branch and Lower Nile, but it has now been confined to the upper Nile after the construction of the Aswan High Dam, and no longer occurs in northern Egypt. Alestes baremoze occurs in
120-654: Is highly marketable and valued fish in Northern Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan and in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Many consumers, especially in the West Nile region appreciate the taste, special flavour and texture characteristics of this fish. Salting is not only a method to prolong shelf life, but a method to produce fish products that meet demand of consumers. The crude protein values of A. baremoze according to different sizes were reported to be in
135-676: The Bahr el Ghazal River and Bahr el Jebel systems; the White and Blue Niles in Sudan , north to Lake Nasser . It has also been recorded in Ethiopia 's Baro River . It is widespread in West Africa in the basins of Chad , Niger , Volta , Comoé , Bandama , Sassandra , Geba , Gambia and Senegal . Alestes baremoze is mainly diurnal and is mainly found in the inshore zones of lakes, but
150-458: The invasive water cabbage ( Pistia stratiotes ) on the surface of the water. There are hippopotamuses and other aquatic animals at the lake, and an increasing number of birds have been recorded being resident here or visiting the area. Before the dam was constructed, the dominant fish species found in the river had been Labeo coubie and Alestes rutilus , with Tilapia zillii being found in quiet backwaters. By 1975, species caught in
165-412: The savanna zone. 22,000 people were resettled before water started to be impounded in 1971. The dam is constructed of earth with rockfill, and is about 1,500 m (5,000 ft) long. The impounded water powers a hydroelectric power plant with a capacity of 174 megawatts. When full, the lake will have a surface some 206 m (676 ft) above sea level, a length of 180 km (112 mi) and
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#1732776196570180-576: The lake included the Nile perch ( Lates niloticus ), Distichodus rostratus , Alestes baremoze , Brycinus nurse , Labeo senegalensis , Pellonula afzeliusi , the African butter catfish ( Schilbe mystus ) and the mudfish ( Clarias anguillaris ). Alestes baremoze Alestes baremoze , the pebbly fish or silversides , is a species of characin fish from the freshwater systems of northern and western Africa. It has some importance as
195-420: The range of (17–18%) and zinc was the most abundant micro element while potassium was found to be the macro-mineral with highest concentration. In Lake Chad spawning takes place from in the late afternoon and evening, between 16:30-20:00 h. The eggs are shed in a single batch which represents 15% of the weight of female. When spawning the mature females are dispersed and do not form groups. Alestes baremoze
210-431: Was about 50% of its full potential. By 1994 it had not enlarged further due to a decrease in rainfall in its catchment area, and some extraction of water through dikes upstream. Rainfall in the catchment area continued to be lower than the long term average, and the surface area of the lake remained at about 50% of what had been expected; many dispossessed farmers who had been relocated claimed back their land. In 1983,
225-624: Was formed after construction of the Kossou Dam across the Bandama River which was completed in 1973. The Kossou Dam Project was completed under the auspices of the United Nations Development Programme , the agency involved being the Authorite de Valle du Bandama (ADV). It involved relocating about 75,000 people from 200 settlements, into 54 new villages which were built by ADV, 32 in the forest zone and 22 in
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