data

Volume of the water body m3

Ouémé River: 9,200,000; L. Nokoué: 250,000,000 ; P. Novo Lagoon: 53,400,000

Fish production estimated in tonnes (based model from [36] )

Ouémé River: 192 tonnes; L. Nokoué: 12,920 tonnes; P. Novo Lagoon: 2380 tonnes

Information on 2010 flood

Has caused the rise of water between 25 and 60 cm. More than 210 km2 of flooded land. Impact estimated at 262 million USD. Flood damage valuation per m2 was estimated to 1.21 USD

Volume of sand extracted in m3 per year

2013

2015

2016

Ouémé River

50,695

51,074

54,074

P. Novo Lagoon

43,442

42,511

43,963

L. Nokoué

-

28,576

29,781

Market price of lagoon sand in USD/m3

15.7

16.8

17.0

Average price of fish in USD/kg

2.4

2.6

3.0

Market price of land for terrestrial sand mining USD/m2

25

25

25