4-630: Manantali is a town on the Bafing River in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali . East of the town is Lake Manantali and its dam . It is a small town but there is a daily ( morning) market, some shops, a small petrol station and a campsite on the river. The town is served by Bengassi Airport . This Kayes Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bafing River The Bafing River ( Manding for "black river", French : Rivière Bafing )
8-539: Is the largest tributary of the Senegal River, and contributes almost half of its total water volume. The Bafing forms part of the international border between Guinea and Mali. Flooding from the Bafing River along the Senegal River had been traditionally relied on as a means of supporting local agriculture. However, a drought in the 1970s necessitated the construction of dams on both the Bafing River and
12-578: Is the upper course and largest tributary of the Senegal River which runs through Guinea and Mali and is about 350 miles (560 km) long. The Fonta Djallon in Guinea is the source of the Bafing River, 30 miles (48 km) north of Mamou . It flows for about 350 miles (560 km) and converges with the Bakoy River to join the Senegal River in western Africa. The Bafing River
16-461: The Senegal River. The Manantali hydroelectric dam, completed in 1987, is located on the Bafing River 90 kilometres (56 mi) upstream of Bafoulabé. It forms the largest artificial lake in Mali, Lake Manantali . The dam retains 11.3 cubic kilometres (2.7 cu mi) of water which is used to power the turbines during the dry season. As a result, the intensity of the maximum flood downstream of
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