The Kossou Dam is an embankment dam that impounds the Bandama River about 32 kilometres (20 mi) northwest of Yamoussoukro in Côte d'Ivoire. It has a power generating capacity of 174 megawatts (233,000 hp), enough to power over 118,000 homes. The dam impounds the largest lake in Côte d'Ivoire, Lake Kossou.[1][2][3]
Kossou dam
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The KossouDam is an embankment dam that impounds the Bandama River about 32 kilometres (20 mi) northwest of Yamoussoukro in Côte d'Ivoire. It has a power...
created in 1973 by damming the Bandama River at Kossou (the KossouDam). Some 75,000 Baoulé people were displaced by the lake. Lake Kossou was formed after...
Bandama flows through Lake Kossou, a large artificial lake created in 1973 by the construction of the KossouDam at Kossou. Yamoussoukro, the capital...
Kossou is a town in central Ivory Coast. Since 2013, it has been one of two sub-prefectures of Yamoussoukro Department, Yamoussoukro Autonomous District...
district governor appointed by the head of state. Also noteworthy are the KossouDam, the PDCI-RDA House, the schools of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny National...
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many dams to build up a large volume before operation can begin. For this type of reservoir only a small portion of the water held behind the dam is useful...
central part of the country. In 1973 the KossouDam was constructed at Kossou on the Bandama, creating Lake Kossou. The capital, Yamoussoukro, is located...
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from north to south. A dam on the Bandama River, the longest waterway in the country, has created the artificial Lake Kossou, while another on the Sassandra...
dams- -Buyo on the Sassandra, Kossou and Taabo on the Bandama, and Ayamé on the small Bia River in the southeast corner of the country. Lake Kossou is...
Nathalie; Aarts, Noelle; Tossou, Rigobert C.; Mensah, Guy A.; Saïdou, Aliou; Kossou, Dansou K.; Sinsin, A. Brice; van der Zijpp, Akke J. (13 May 2014). "'A...
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