Baoulé (Bakoye)

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Baloué
Catchment area of ​​Senegal with the Baoulé (middle right)

Catchment area of Senegal with the Baoulé (middle right)

Data
location MaliMali Mali
River system Senegal
Drain over Bakoye  → Senegal  → Atlantic Ocean
source near the border with Guinea
muzzle at Toukoto in the Bakoyé coordinates: 13 ° 32 '58 "  N , 9 ° 54' 35"  W 13 ° 32 '58 "  N , 9 ° 54' 35"  W.
Mouth height 750  m

length approx. 500 km
Drain NNQ
MHQ
 100 l / s
314 m³ / s
Navigable No

The Baloué ( French Fleuve Baloué from Mandingo for 'Red River') is a river in Mali in West Africa . It flows from its source west of Bamako to the confluence with the Bakoye near Toukoto , a tributary of Senegal .

Surname

In the Mandigo languages, Baloué stands for 'Red River', Bakoye for 'White River' and Bafing for 'Black River'.

course

The Baloué rises near the border with Guinea , 120 km southwest of Bamako. It first runs 200 kilometers north, then turns west. Its course is winding in meanders over the entire length , the Boucle du Baoule National Park lies on a section to the south of it .

In the lower part of its course it flows towards the southwest. Finally, at Toukoto it flows into the Bakoye from the right , which almost doubles its flow rate.

Its length is about 500 km. It is not navigable.

Seasonal flow rate

Similar to the Bakoye, the flow rate varies greatly over the course of the year. Based on values ​​measured at the Bakoye in Toukoto and in Oualia and then extrapolated to the Baloué, the minimum flow rate in the months of April and May is less than 0.1 m³ / s (100 liters / second), in December to June less than 7 m³ / s (7000 liters / second), increases from July to a peak of 314 m³ / s (314,000 liters / second) in September and then falls again to less than 36.2 m³ / s (36,200 liters) by November / Second).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Caractéristiques physiques [du fleuve Sénégal]. (No longer available online.) In: portail-omvs.org. Organization pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal, archived from the original on January 16, 2016 ; Retrieved January 16, 2016 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.portail-omvs.org
  2. ↑ a b Mahamadou Maïga: Le bassin du fleuve Sénégal: de la Traite négrière au développement sous-régional autocentré . L'Harmattan, 1995, pp. 14 footnotes 4 and 5 (French).
  3. ^ GRDC - Le Bakoye à Toukoto
  4. ^ GRDC - Le Bakoye à Oualia