December 2020 Monthly Bulletin Print
Thursday, 14 January 2021 17:11

The river Niger flow regime is characterized by low flow situation at the Upper Niger and Lower Niger sub-catchments, and flood situation is observed at the Inner Delta and Middle Niger sub-catchments due to the continuation of the Guinean flood (Black Flood) that began since October 2020.
The floods occurred at the end of December 2020 in certain localities of the city of Niamey are linked to the degradation of dike in certain points during the exceptional flooding of August and September 2020.
The releases of the Sélingué dam in Mali and Kainji dam in Nigeria began on December 3rd and 20th, 2020, respectively.
The data used for the various analyses below came from hydrological observation networks of the National Hydrological Services and Dam Authorities of nine (9) member countries.
The flow analysis situation was carried out by dividing the basin into four (4) sub-catchments also represented with reference gauging stations as follows: Upper Niger at Koulikoro (Mali), Inland Delta at Dire (Mali), Middle Niger in Niamey (Niger) and Lower Niger at Lokoja (Nigeria)

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