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The river crosses the northern part of Togo in a savannah-clad valley some 40 or 50 km (25 or 31 mi) wide. Along the margins of the river is gallery forest which floods periodically. The dry season here lasts from about November until April, with the hot dry Harmattan wind blowing from the north. At this time of the year the river's flow is ...
The border starts at the Togolese tripoint, then proceeds briefly overland in a north-western direction, before reaching the Pendjari River, which it then follows for some distance. [2] An overland section then connects up the Mékrou River , which forms the boundary up the tripoint with Niger.
The Volta river system. Komoé River. Iringou River; Léraba River; Volta River (Ghana) Oti River (Pendjari River) Koulpéolgo River; Black Volta (Mouhoun River) Bougouriba River; Sourou River; White Volta (Nakambé) Kulpawn River. Sisili River; Red Volta (Nazinon) Niger River (Niger) Béli River in the rainy season. Mékrou River; Tapoa River ...
The Pendjari National Park (French: Parc National de la Pendjari) lies in north-western Benin, adjoining the Arli National Park in Burkina Faso.Named for the Pendjari River, the national park is known for its wildlife and is home to some of the last populations of big game like the African forest elephant, lion, hippopotamus, African buffalo, and various antelopes in West Africa.
The Pendjari River Valley was recognized as a wetland of international importance and designated as a Ramsar site in February 2007. [ 1 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The park is part of the W-Arli-Pendjari complex (WAP), which is a vast protected area in Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger .
Bends in the River Niger which give W National Park its distinctive name. In the three nations, the regional park covers some 10,000 km 2 (3,900 sq mi) largely uninhabited by humans, having been until the 1970s a malarial zone of wetlands formed by the delta of the Mékrou River with the Niger, broken by rocky hills. Historically, the area has ...
Countries in West Africa and the southern Sahel get most of their annual rainfall during the boreal summer months from June to September. [10] This rainy season, also known as the West African monsoon, is associated with a seasonal reversal of prevailing winds in the lower atmosphere, where moist air is blown in from the Atlantic Ocean and released over the continent.
Location – sorted by country, followed by the region at the regional or provincial level. In the case of multinational or multi-regional sites, the names are sorted alphabetically. Criteria – as defined by the World Heritage Committee [5] Area – in hectares and acres, excluding any buffer zones. A value of "—" implies that no data has ...