This is a list of lakes of
Burkina Faso.
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Lake Bam
Lake Bam is located near the town of Kongoussi, in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳ðž¤ðž¤²ðž¤¢ 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Ni ...
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Lake Boukou
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 ...
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Lake Dem
Lake Dem is a small lake in northern Burkina Faso, located to the north of Kaya, south of the Sahel Reserve and south-east of Lake Bam. It drains into the White Volta. It is 5 km long and 2 km wide. It lies at an elevation of 304 m (997 feet). T ...
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Lake Higa
Lake Higa is a small lake in eastern Burkina Faso, close to the border with Niger. It drains into the Babangou, which drains into the Niger
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Lake Kompienga is a reservoir lake in Kompienga Province in southeastern Burkina Faso. The Kompienga Dam was built in the 1980s to create the lake for economic purposes.
In 1985, demographers predicted that the construction of the Kompienga dam ...]
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Mare aux Hippopotames
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Mare d'Oursi
The Mare d'Oursi is a small, shallow lake in Oudalan Province in northern Burkina Faso, close to the town of Oursi.
It is included in the List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance
This is the list of Wetlands of International Importa ...
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Lake Tengrela
Lake Tengrela is a small lake near Banfora in Burkina Faso. It is known for its hippopotamus
The hippopotamus ( ; : hippopotamuses or hippopotami; ''Hippopotamus amphibius''), also called the hippo, common hippopotamus, or river hippopot ...
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Burkina Faso
Lakes
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 larger ...