Lake Mboukou (french: Lac Mboukou) is a freshwater
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
in
Epena District
Epena is a district in the Likouala Region of north-eastern Republic of the Congo. The capital lies at Epena.
Towns and villages
*Epena See also
*Lake Tele
*Lake Mboukou
Lake Mboukou (french: Lac Mboukou) is a freshwater lake in Epena District ...
,
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
It is a small lake located roughly 50 km to the southeast from
Lake Tele
Lake Tele ( French Lac Télé) is a freshwater lake in Epena District, Republic of the Congo.
Description
Located at in the north-eastern area of the Republic of the Congo, Lake Tele was formed in Pliocene alluvial sediments by an unknown geolog ...
at in the north-eastern area of the Republic of the Congo. Lake Mboukou is almost totally surrounded by forest except in its SW shore where the village of Mboukou is located.
Local significance
The 1996 book ''
Congo Journey
''Congo Journey'' (1996) is an autobiographical novel by British author Redmond O'Hanlon, following his trip across Congo-Brazzaville (now Republic of the Congo), taking a friend to Lake Tele in search of Mokèlé-mbèmbé, a legendary Congo di ...
'', by the British travel writer
Redmond O'Hanlon
Redmond O'Hanlon, FRGS, FRSL (born 5 June 1947) is an English writer and scholar.
Life
O'Hanlon was born in 1947 in Dorset, England. He was educated at Marlborough College and then Oxford University. After taking his M.Phil. in nineteenth-ce ...
, mentions this lake as a place with strong spirits according to the local people.
Ecology
This lake belongs to the wetland area of the ''Réserve Communautaire du Lac Télé/Likouala-aux-Herbes''. It is a
Ramsar site
A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention,8 ha (O)
*** Permanent 8 ha (P)
*** Seasonal Intermittent < 8 ha(Ts)
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