Monthly hydrological Buletin. July 2018

The hydrological flow situation of the Niger Basin during the month of July 2018 was characterized by the continued rise of water in due to the installation of the rainy season.

During this period, the Sélingué dam in Mali and the Kainji dam in Nigeria began their filling.

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.