Fafa (Ouham)

Fafa
Course of the Fafa in the catchment area of ​​the Shari (bottom middle)
Data
location	Central African Republic
River system	Shari
Drain over	Ouham  → Shari  → Lake Chad
source	in the Central African Republic
Source height	640  m
muzzle	in Batangafo in the Ouham coordinates: 7 ° 18 ′ 31 "  N , 18 ° 11 ′ 44"  E, 7 ° 18 ′ 31 "  N , 18 ° 11 ′ 44"  E
Mouth height	399  m
Height difference	241 m
Bottom slope	0.89 ‰
length	272 km
Discharge at the Bouca A Eo gauge : 6843 km² Location: 150 km above the mouth	MNQ 1958–1995 MQ 1958–1995 Mq 1958–1995 MHQ 1958–1995 HHQ (Sept. 30, 1961)	9.2 m³ / s 25.5 m³ / s 3.7 l / (s km²) 74.2 m³ / s 312 m³ / s
Small towns	Bouca; Batangafo

The Fafa is a river in the Central African Republic and the right tributary of the Ouham .

course

The Fafa rises about 25 km east of Bogangola . It initially runs in a north-easterly direction through a plateau and after approx. 50 km makes an arc in a north-westerly direction. After 114 km it reaches the water level in Bouca and finally flows into the Ouham after another 158 km in Batangafo.

Water management

In the course of the increasingly dry Lake Chad, there are considerations to connect the Ubangi with the Fafa via a 184 km long canal in order to supply the Chad Basin with water from the Congo catchment area.

Hydrometry

Average monthly flow of the Fafa measured at the hydrological station in Bouca , about 150 km above the confluence with the Ouham in m³ / s.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Groundwater recharge in the Ouham catchment area
2. ↑ Risings and floods from Rivers Tomi, Gribingui and Fafa in Center and Center-north of Central African Republic
3. ↑ Integrated Water Resources Management in the Congo basin based on the development of Earth Observation monitoring systems in the framework of the AMESD Program in Central Africa
4. ^ Evaluation of hydrologique de l'Afrique Sub-saharienne, Pays de l'Afrique de l'Ouest.Retrieved on November 23, 2014