FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OP THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1974

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1.     INTRODUCTION

1.1     Terms of Reference

1.2     General Remarks

2.     PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

2.1     Location

2.2     Climate

2.3     Parent Material

2.4     Gemorphology

2.5     Vegetation

2.6     Hydrology

3.     SOIL

General Considerations

3.1     Previous Surveys

3.2     Soil Development

3.3     Dissolved and Solid Sediment Load of the Lake Hater

3.4     Analyses of Soils

3.5     Soil Classification

4.     LAND

4.1     General Considerations

4.2     Current Land Use

4.3     Land Classification

4.4     Acreage of the Draw-down Area

4.5     Land Management and Crop Yields

4.6     Alternative Use of the Draw-down

4.7     Development Areas

5.     RECOMMENDATIONS

Appendix 1     SOIL SAMPLE DESCRIPTIONS

Appendix 2     REFERENCES

LIST OF FIGURES

1.     Location of Soil Sampling Sites and Geological Setting of the Kainji Lake Basin

2.     Lake Water Level Variation and Rainfall Distribution

3.     Maximum and Minimum Monthly Lake Water Levels

4.     Rise of the Lake-water from Lowest Level to 462.0 ft

5.     Ground-water variations and mean monthly Lake-Level

6.     Schematic Cross-section Draw-down Area at Papiri

7.     Maps (4) of Location