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The Baoulé River (Шаблон:Lang-fr, from Manding for "Red River") is a river in Mali in West Africa. It flows from a source west of Bamako to the Bakoy downastream of Toukoto and forms part of the Senegal watershed.[1][2]

In Manding languages, Baoulé signifies 'red river', Bakoye 'white river' and Bafing 'black river'.[1][2]

Geography

The Baoulé's source is in the hills 120 kilometers south-west of Bamako near the Guinean border. It flows in a northerly direction for more than 200 kilometers, then turns to the west, making a wide meander, then a large northerly loop. Throughout this stretch, it constitutes the northern limit of the Boucle du Baoulé National Park. The last part of the Baoule flows in a southwesterly direction. It reaches the Bakoye on the right bank, about twelve kilometers downstream from Toukoto, almost doubling its flow.

Its total length is about 500 kilometers. It is not navigable.

Flow

The average monthly flow, tracked over a period of 39 years (1952-1990) at a station opposite the small town of Bougouda at the Bakoy-Baoule confluence, was Шаблон:Convert for a drainage area of approximately Шаблон:Convert.[3]

References

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  1. 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Citation.
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  3. Numbers calculated on the basis of measurements made on the Bakoye at Toukoto GRDC - Le Bakoye à Toukoto and OualiaGRDC - Le Bakoye à Oualia, upstream and downstream respectively of the confluence.