Tiga Lake | reservoir

Nigeria / Kano / Tudun Wada /
 lake, reservoir
Water supply and Irrigation (Hadejia-Jama'are River Basin Authority)
TIGA LAKE (Kano State):
Tiga Lake impounded in 1974, with a surface area of 178 km2, was until 1983 the second largest man-made lake in Nigeria. The lake was first surveyed in 1976 (Ita, 1979a) less than two years after impoundment and resurveyed in 1982 (Ita, 1983).
www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/T1230E/T1230E07.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Nigeria
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Coordinates:   11°23'29"N   8°28'9"E

Comments

  • There is a big residential villa which was built to host Queen Elisabeth II at an eventually cancelled visit to Nigeria. Was falling in pieces when I was there in 1995.
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