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Lake Kossou
| Lake Kossou | |
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  Lake Kossou | |
| Coordinates | 07°09′00″N 05°35′24″W / 7.15000°N 5.59000°W |
| Primary inflows | Bandama River |
| Primary outflows | Bandama River |
| Basin countries | Côte d'Ivoire |
| Max. width | 45 km (28 mi) |
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Lake Kossou (French: Lac de 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 (the Kossou Dam). Some 75,000 Baoulé people were displaced by the lake.
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