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Oti River

River in Togo

Field	Value
name	Oti River
Rivière Oti
image	Pendjari fluss.JPG
image_caption	Oti River in Pendjari National Park in dry season; Benin left, Burkina Faso right
map	Map of rivers of Togo OSM.png
map_size	250
map_caption	Togo with the Oti River (north) and the Mono River (south)
subdivision_type1	Countries
subdivision_name1
length	520 km
discharge1_location	Mouth
source1_elevation	150 m
mouth	Lake Volta of Ghana
mouth_location	Gulf of Guinea
mouth_coordinates
basin_size	72000 km2
custom_label	Designation
custom_data	{{Designation list
embed	yes
designation1	Ramsar
designation1_offname	Zone Humide de la Rivière Pendjari
designation1_date	2 February 2007
designation1_number	1669}}

Rivière Oti

The Oti River or Pendjari River (French: Rivière Pendjari) is an international river in West Africa. It rises in Benin, forms the border between Benin and Burkina Faso, flows through Togo, and joins the Volta River in Ghana.

Geography

The Oti River is about 520 km long. Its headwaters are in Benin and Burkina Faso, it flows through Benin and Togo and joins the Volta River in Ghana. Tributaries on the left bank in Togo originate from the Togo Mountains to the south. One of its eastern tributaries is the Kara River, the confluence being on the Ghana–Togo border, where another tributary, the Koumongou River, joins from the south. The mouth of the Oti was formerly on the Volta River, but it now flows into Lake Volta reservoir in Ghana.

The river crosses the northern part of Togo in a savannah-clad valley some 40 or wide. Along the margins of the river is gallery forest which floods periodically. The dry season here lasts from about November until April, with the hot dry Harmattan wind blowing from the north. At this time of the year the river's flow is minimal. Both the Oti and the Koumongou have floodplains, some 10 and wide, respectively. These flood extensively during the wet season, but during the dry season they become dry, dusty plains, with the occasional pond or lake in a depression. Cattle graze on the floodplains during the dry season. There is also some small-scale growing of crops, and the hunting of game takes place there.

International borders

The river forms part of the international borders between Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, and Benin.

Parks

The Oti River flows through Pendjari National Park in Benin and the Oti-Kéran National Park in Togo.

References

"Zone Humide de la Rivière Pendjari".
Philip's. (1994). "Atlas of the World". Reed International.
Hughes, R.H.. (1992). "A Directory of African Wetlands". IUCN.
"Ghana - Rivers and Lakes".
"Parc National de la Pendjari".

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