Lagdo Reservoir

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Lagdo Reservoir is a large artificial lake in northern Cameroon created by the Lagdo Dam on the Benue River, serving as a key source of hydroelectric power, irrigation, and fisheries for the region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lagdo Reservoir canonical 4

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf reservoir ⓘ
affects downstream flow of Benue River ⓘ
basinCountry Cameroon ⓘ
constructedFor hydropower production on Benue River ⓘ
regional development in northern Cameroon ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Cameroon ⓘ
createdBy Lagdo Dam ⓘ
ecosystemType freshwater lake ⓘ
formedByStructureType embankment dam ⓘ
hasEconomicImportanceFor fishing communities in North Cameroon ⓘ
hydropower users in Cameroon ⓘ
irrigated farmers in North Cameroon ⓘ
hasFunction agricultural water supply ⓘ
electricity supply ⓘ
inland fisheries support ⓘ
hasRisk flooding downstream in case of high releases ⓘ
influences flood regime of Benue River downstream of Lagdo Dam ⓘ
local microclimate ⓘ
isPartOf Lagdo Dam hydroelectric scheme ⓘ
locatedIn Benue River basin ⓘ
North Region, Cameroon ⓘ
Northern Cameroon ⓘ
Sahelian zone of Cameroon ⓘ
locatedNear Lagdo ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Benue River ⓘ
nearbySettlement Garoua (regional center) ⓘ
linked to: Garoua

Lagdo town ⓘ
primaryUse fisheries ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
regionServed North Region, Cameroon ⓘ
Northern Cameroon ⓘ
subjectTo seasonal water level fluctuations ⓘ
usedFor domestic water supply ⓘ
livestock watering ⓘ
local navigation ⓘ
waterBodyType reservoir ⓘ
watercourse Benue River ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Region (Cameroon) → hasReservoir → Lagdo Reservoir ⓘ
subject linked to: North Region
Lagdo → hasReservoir → Lagdo Reservoir ⓘ
Lagdo → knownFor → Lagdo Reservoir ⓘ
Lagdo → nearbyWaterBody → Lagdo Reservoir ⓘ