Bui National Park
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The Bui National Park is found in Ghana
. It was established in 1971. This site is 1820 km². The reserve is notable for its Hippopotamus
population in the Black Volta. The endangered black and white colobus monkey and a variety of antelopes and birds are also present. Part of the park will be inundated by the reservoir of the Bui Dam
, which has been under construction since 2009. The filling of the reservoir is expected to begin in 2011.
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
. It was established in 1971. This site is 1820 km². The reserve is notable for its Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus
The hippopotamus , or hippo, from the ancient Greek for "river horse" , is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae After the elephant and rhinoceros, the hippopotamus is the third largest land mammal and the heaviest...
population in the Black Volta. The endangered black and white colobus monkey and a variety of antelopes and birds are also present. Part of the park will be inundated by the reservoir of the Bui Dam
Bui Dam
The Bui Dam is an under construction 400 megawatt hydroelectric project at the Bui Gorge at the southern end of Bui National Park in Ghana. The project is a collaboration between the government of Ghana and Sino Hydro, a Chinese construction company...
, which has been under construction since 2009. The filling of the reservoir is expected to begin in 2011.