HydroLAKES lake · #179161
Lac · #179161
Natural lakeBurkina FasoAfrica 263 m
Surface area
7,54km²
Avg depth
1,7m
Volume
13,08km³
Shoreline
38,7km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NamentengaCentre-Nord · Burkina Faso7.51 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Barrage de Yalgo
IUCN VIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
7.51 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
7,54km²
Avg depth
1,7m
Volume
13,080km³
Watershed
8 388km²
Shoreline
38,7km
Shore dev. idx
3,98
Residence time
23days
Elevation
263m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.