Bagré reservoir
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| Geographical location | Burkina Faso | |
| Tributaries | Nakambé | |
| Drain | Nakambé | |
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| Coordinates | 11 ° 30 ′ 31 ″ N , 0 ° 36 ′ 39 ″ W | |
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The Bagré Reservoir is a lake in Burkina Faso .
location
It was created by the damming of the Nakambé (White Volta) in the southeast of the West African state. The dam was put into use in 1993 and is operated by SONABEL .
tourism
The reservoir created a unique landscape in Burkina Faso, which is now also used for tourism. A tourist center was built between the town of Bagré and the bank of the reservoir, which, thanks to its location, has a very spacious sandy beach.
The beach of Bagré
The tourist center as seen from the beach
literature
- Armelle Faure: Le Pays bissa avant le barrage de Bagre: anthropologie de l'espace rural . ADDB, Ouagadougou 1996, ISBN 2-907888-90-0 .
Web links
- Information about the dam ( Memento of August 15, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (French)
- Article about the dam (French)