Lake Téngréla

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Lake Téngréla
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Lake Téngréla
Geographical location Burkina Faso
Drain LafiguéComoé
Places on the shore Téngréla
Location close to the shore Banfora
Data
Coordinates 10 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  N , 4 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 10 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  N , 4 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  W.
Lake Téngréla (Burkina Faso)
Lake Téngréla

particularities

Hippos

The lake tengrela is a lake in southwestern Burkina Faso , near Banfora . It is a local tourist attraction because of the hippos that live there . Since 2009 it has also been on the list of protected wetlands of the Ramsar Convention .

There are numerous floating plants on Lake Téngréla, including water lilies ( Nymphaea lotus , N. guineensis ), water jugs ( Nymphoides ezannoi ), water hazel ( Trapa bicornis ) and water hose ( Utricularia stellaris, etc.).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Twelve new Ramsar sites in Burkina Faso