Monthly Hydrological Bulletin : July 2019

The hydrological flow situation of the Niger River Basin during the month of July 2019 was characterized by the continued rise of water in due to the installation of the rainy season.

During this period, it is noted that the Selingue dam on the Sankarani tributary in Mali and Kainji dam on the Niger River 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.