Lake Bam
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Lake Bam is located near the town of Kongoussi
, in Burkina Faso
. The lake is slowly drying up putting the nearby village's agriculture, fish stocks and cattle watering at risk.
Kongoussi
Kongoussi is a city located in Bam Province in central Burkina Faso, one of the world's poorest countries. It has a population of 18,400 and it is the Provincial capital...
, in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
. The lake is slowly drying up putting the nearby village's agriculture, fish stocks and cattle watering at risk.