Bia River

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The '''Bia''' is a river that is situated primarily in Ghana and flows through Ghana and Ivory Coast,<ref name="Rivers and Lakes">[http://www.countrystudies.us/ghana/30.htm Ghana: Rivers and Lakes]</ref> emptying into Aby Lagoon on the Ghanaian/Ivory Coast border.<ref name=AJAS>{{cite journal |last=Seu-Anoï |first=N. M. |last2=Ouattara |first2=A. |last3=Koné |first3=Y. J.-M. |last4=Gourène |first4=G. |date=2011 |title=Seasonal distribution of phytoplankton in the Aby lagoon system, Ivory Coast, West Africa |journal=African Journal of Aquatic Science |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=321–330 |doi=10.2989/16085914.2011.643561 }}</ref> A hydroelectric dam was built across the Bia at Ayamé in 1959, causing the formation of Lake Ayame.<ref>[http://www.mnhn.fr/sfi/cybium/numeros/pdf/242pdf/05.Duponchelle.pdf Lake Ayame] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315160844/http://www.mnhn.fr/sfi/cybium/numeros/pdf/242pdf/05.Duponchelle.pdf |date=March 15, 2007 }}. ''mnhn.fr''.</ref><ref>[http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd25/1/kona25013.htm Konan F K, Edia E O, Bony Y K, Ouattara A and Gourène G 2013: Fish assemblages in the Bia river-lake system (south-eastern Ivory Coast): A self-organizing map approach. Livestock Research for Rural Development. Volume 25, Article #13. Retrieved November 21, 2014 ]</ref>

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Category:Rivers of Ghana Category:Rivers of Ivory Coast Category:International rivers of Africa