Faguibine, Lake

Faguibine, Lake

lake, Mali
French  Lac Faguibine,  

      isolated lake in Mali, west of Timbuktu (Tombouctou). It lies north of the Niger River in the Macina depression, and it is reached by branches of the Niger in times of flood. At high water it reaches a length of about 50 miles (80 km).

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