🌊 Lake Tissongo

Cameroon · Africa · 6 m · 3.57°N, 9.88°E

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. The area is biologically rich. 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.

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Quick facts

Country	Cameroon
Continent / region	Africa
Surface elevation	6 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	3.57°N, 9.88°E · view on map

Lake Tissongo sits at 6 m in Cameroon, in Africa. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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