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{{Short description|Lake}}
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 | name = Lake Bam
 | image = Lac de Bam MS 2553.jpg
 | caption = Lake Bam, seen from the South
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 | location = [[Kongoussi]], [[Bam (province)|Bam]], [[Burkina Faso]]
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| designation1 = Ramsar
| designation1_offname = Lac Bam
| designation1_date = 7 October 2009
| designation1_number = 1880<ref name="RSIS">{{Cite web|title=Lac Bam|website=[[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1880|accessdate=25 April 2018}}</ref>}}
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'''Lake Bam''' is located near the town of [[Kongoussi]], in [[Burkina Faso]]. The lake is slowly drying up, putting at risk the nearby village's agriculture, fish stocks, and cattle watering. The lake has been designated as a [[Ramsar site]] since 2009.<ref name="RSIS"/>

==See also==
* {{portal-inline|Lakes}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Lakes of Burkina Faso}}

[[Category:Lakes of Burkina Faso|Bam]]
[[Category:Ramsar sites in Burkina Faso]]


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