Sélingué Dam

The Sélingué Dam (French: Barrage de Sélingué) is an embankment dam with a gravity section located in the Sikasso Region, on the Sankarani River, one of the affluents of the Niger River.

It is an important center of energy production in Mali surpassed only by the Manantali Dam on the Bafing River.

The dam provides Bamako, Kati, Koulikoro, Ségou, Fana, Dioïla, Yanfolila and Kalana with electricity.

The water level has a maximum height of 349 metres (1,145 ft) but varies throughout the year.

[2] It allows agriculture on the irrigated perimeters, managed by the Office of Rural Development of Sélingué, as well as fishing.