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Riparians	Water Features
Located in this basin- Ivory Coast Located in this basin- Burkina Faso Located in this basin- Togo Located in this basin- Ghana Located in this basin- Benin Located in this basin- Mali

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Riparian	Population in Basin	Area within Basin in sq. km	Irrigated Lands within Basin in sq km	Average Discharge in cubic m per second
Ivory Coast	0.288 million287,700 people	13,363 km²5,159.483 mi²	0 km²0 mi²	63.378 m³/s2,238.173 cfs 2 km³/y
Burkina Faso	11.159 million11,159,000 people	173,141 km²66,850.114 mi²	0 km²0 mi²
Togo	1.839 million1,839,000 people	25,845 km²9,978.81 mi²	0 km²0 mi²	1,584.45 m³/s55,954.324 cfs 50 km³/y
Ghana	8.286 million8,286,000 people	165,106 km²63,747.783 mi²	1,700 km²656.374 mi²	31,689 m³/s1,119,086.473 cfs 1,000.01 km³/y
Benin	0.601 million601,100 people	14,996 km²5,789.988 mi²	200 km²77.22 mi²	316.89 m³/s11,190.865 cfs 10 km³/y
Mali	0.622 million621,700 people	18,752 km²7,240.188 mi²	0 km²0 mi²	95.067 m³/s3,357.259 cfs 3 km³/y