Bani River

The Bani River system.
A satellite photo of the Bani. The town of San lies to the south of the river near the centre of the image. The Talo dam is near the edge on the left hand side.

Bani River at Douna

Average monthly flow (m3/s) at the Douna hydrometric station over the period 1922–1994.[1][2]

The Bani River is the principal tributary of the Niger River in Mali.[3] The river is formed from the confluence of the Baoulé and Bagoé rivers some 160 km (99 mi) east of Bamako and it merges with the Niger near Mopti. Its length is about 1,100 km (680 mi).

  1. ^ The Douna Hydrometric Station is located at 13°12′50″N 5°54′11″W / 13.213853°N 5.903105°W / 13.213853; -5.903105 near the bridge over the river carrying the RN6 highway from Ségou to Bla.
  2. ^ Data from UNH/GRDC Composite Runoff Fields V 1.0.
  3. ^ Bani means "little river" in Mande languages. Delafosse, Maurice (1912), Haut-Sénégal-Niger. Volume 1 Le Pays, les Peuples, les Langues (in French), Paris: Émile Larose, p. 69.