Lagdo Reservoir is a reservoir located in the Northern Province of Cameroon, on the Benue River, in the Niger basin. The lake covers an area of 586 km2.
Lagdo Reservoir in 2007
Location of Lagdo Reservoir in the centre in northern Cameroon.
Houses submerged in Makurdi, Nigeria due to the flooding of Ladgo reservoir (2012).
Garoua is a port city and the capital of the North Region of Cameroon, lying on the Benue River. A thriving centre of the textiles and cotton industries, the city has approximately 900,000 inhabitants
Lagdo Reservoir
…the silting up of its reservoir, its capacity has deteriorated over time reaching 1.6 billion m3 in 2021. The dam is located 50 km south of the city of Garoua on the Benue River. The dam is located within the Arrondissement de Lagdo in the Département de la Benoué in the North Province. It is situated more…