Asejire Reservoir
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| Coordinates | 7 ° 22 ′ 1 ″ N , 4 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ E | ||||||||
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| Height above the river bed : | 19 m | ||||||||
| Height of the structure crown: | 137 m | ||||||||
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| Water surface | 23.69 km² | ||||||||
The Asejire Reservoir is a reservoir in the Nigerian state of Osun .
geography
The lake, about four kilometers wide and 13 kilometers long, is fed by the rivers Osun and Oba and dammed by a dam. The Osun leaves the lake again. Whereas in 1972 an area of 23.69 km² was given, the lake today has an area of 15.40 km².
To the east of the lake is the town of Ikire , about six kilometers away , with a population of about 200,000. To the northwest, twelve kilometers away, is Lapupon and 26 kilometers to the west is the city of Ibadan with three and a half million inhabitants.
Footnotes
- ^ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): The runoff of the Osun River is regulated by the Asejire Dam .
- ↑ FAO Country File Nigeria (1972)
- ^ World Lakes Database International Lake Environment Committee, the United Nations Environment Program and Environment Agency, Government of Japan. 1997.