The Gouina Falls or Chutes de Gouina are on the Sénégal River in Mali between the towns of Bafoulabé (upstream) and Diamou (downstream) in the Kayes Region, where the river runs north from the Talari Gorges.
[1] The river is about 500 m wide at this point, and drops 16 m over the falls.
[2] The government of Mali and Senegal River Basin Development Authority has investigated the possibility of developing the electric power potential of the Senegal River.
It was inaugurated by the Malian Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maïga in December 2022, at a total cost of 283 billion FCFA, (424 million euros).
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