Lake Kossou

Lake Kossou
Lake Kossou
Coordinates	07°09′00″N 05°35′24″W / 7.15000°N 5.59000°W / 7.15000; -5.59000
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.