Bamendjing Reservoir
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| Coordinates | 5 ° 41 '59 " N , 10 ° 30' 4" E | ||||||||
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| Construction time: | until 1974 | ||||||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 17 m | ||||||||
| Height of the structure crown: | 1150 m | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 30 m | ||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||
| Water surface | 150 to 300 km² | ||||||||
| Reservoir length | 25 km | ||||||||
| Reservoir width | 13 km | ||||||||
| Storage space | 1,850 million m³ | ||||||||
| Catchment area | 2 190 km² | ||||||||
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The Bamendjing Reservoir is a reservoir in Cameroon .
location
The Noun is dammed in its upper reaches in the Bamendjing Reservoir. It has a storage volume of 1,850 million m³. The heavily branched lake is located at 1150 meters above sea level on the border between the regions of Nord-Ouest and Ouest . It has a maximum length and width of 32 and 27 kilometers.
Drainage management
Due to the strong seasonal fluctuations in the flow of the Sanaga (factor 10), a combination of reservoirs was created in the system of Cameroon's largest river. The Mbakaou Lake , the Bamendjing and the Mapé Reservoir , as well as other smaller reservoirs, are not used directly to generate electricity. The national energy producer Eneo (formerly AES Sonel ) uses these reservoirs to regulate the amount of water in the Sanaga. This compensates for the fluctuations in the flow of the Sanaga and optimizes the electricity generation of the Edéa and Song Loulou power plants on the lower reaches of the Sanaga, which supply the electricity required for aluminum production in the region. In addition, the Lom Pangar power plant was built on the Lom , the reservoir of which can store 6 billion m³ of water, but which, in addition to the storage factor , is also used to generate energy.