Lake Kossou
Lake Kossou is Côte d'Ivoire's largest lake. It lies on the Bandama River in the center of the country. It is an artificial lake, created in 1973 by damming the Bandama River at Kossou. Some 75,000 Baoulé people were displaced by the lake.
- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of 185 metres (607 feet)
- …is also known as “Lac de Kossou”
- Description: reservoir in Ivory Coast
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Latitude
7.24377° or 7° 14′ 38″ north
Longitude
-5.66539° or 5° 39′ 55″ west
Open location code
6CVP68VM+GR
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Welsh—“Lake Kossou” goes by many names.
КосуBelarusian
ကော့ဆိုးကန်Burmese
Lac de KossouCebuano
科蘇湖Chinese
KossouCroatian
Kossou (jezero)Croatian
KossousøenDanish
KossoumeerDutch
კოსუGeorgian
λίμνη ΚοσούGreek
Tafkin KossouHausa
אגם קוסוHebrew
lago di KossouItalian
Kosu tvenkinysLithuanian
Lac de KossouNorwegian Bokmål
دریاچه کوسوPersian
KossouPolish
Lacul KossouRomanian
КоссуRussian
КосуRussian
Косу (водохранилище)Russian
KossouSlovenian
Lac de KossouSwedish
Kossou GölüTurkish
КоссуUkrainian
Llyn KossouWelsh
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