Lake Tissongo
| Lake Tissongo | |
|---|---|
  Lake Tissongo  Lake Tissongo | |
| Coordinates | 3°34′8″N 9°52′44″E / 3.56889°N 9.87889°E |
| Type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Sanaga River |
| Basin countries | Cameroon |
Lake Tissongo is a lake of western Cameroon. It is situated within the Douala Edéa Wildlife Reserve of Littoral Province, and is connected to the south bank of the Sanaga River by a 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) tidal channel. The lake drains into the river about 40 kilometres downstream of Edéa.[1] The area is biologically rich.[2] The villagers of five villages in the reserve in the area earn their livelihoods from hunting bushmeat, and a 1990 survey found some 50 firearms in the area around Lake Tissongo.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre; IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas; International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources; United Nations Environment Programme, Global Environmental Monitoring System (1 August 1987). IUCN directory of Afrotropical protected areas. IUCN. p. 91. ISBN 9782880328047. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ West, Ben (18 October 2011). Cameroon, 3rd. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-84162-353-5. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group; World Wildlife Fund (U.S.); State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dept. of Anatomical Sciences; Conservation International, BioOne (Organization) (1990). Primate conservation: the newsletter and journal of the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group. World Wildlife Fund and the Dept. of Anatomical Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook. p. 10. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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