Monthly hydrological Buletin. April 2017

INTRODUCTION

The hydrological situation in the Niger basin during the month of April was characterized by the ongoing decrease in flow followed by the low flow across the entire basin.

Reservoir water releases from Selingué Dam in Mali as well as Kainji and Jebba Dams in Nigeria is ongoing. The flow analysis situation was carried out by dividing the basin into four 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) as shown in figure 1.