Lake Buyo (french: Lac de Buyo) is an artificial lake in western

Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

on the Sassandra River. It was formed by the construction of the

Buyo Dam The Buyo Dam is an embankment dam on the Sassandra River in the Bas-Sassandra district of Côte d'Ivoire. Completed in 1980, it has a hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water p ...

at Buyo in 1980. The water quality of the lake has suffered from disposal of untreated effluents and overuse of fertilizers in the surrounding areas.Looking Beyond the Environment - IDRC

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