Tafkin Togo

Tafkin Togo ( Faransanci : Lac Togo) yanki ne mafi girma a cikin tafkin a Togo, wanda ke raba shi da Tekun Atlantika ta wata kunkuntar bakin teku. Yana da m kuma sanannen wuri don wasanni na ruwa . Garuruwan da ke gabar tafkin sun hada da Agbodrafo da Togoville .  Sufuri a tafkin gabaɗaya ta pirogue ne. 

 Tafkin Togo asalin 
Tafkin Togo kusan  ne dogon,  fadi da 64 km² a cikin yanki. Tana samun ruwa daga kogin Sio da ke kudu maso yamma da wasu kananan kofuna daban-daban zuwa yamma da gabas kuma kogin Haho yana shiga daga arewa. An raba tafkin da teku da wani yashi mai nisan kilomita ko makamancin haka. Ruwa yana fitowa zuwa gabas ta hanyar tsawaitawa kamar canal inda yake samun ruwa daga kusa, ƙarami Lake Vogan, kuma ya ci gaba a cikin tsarin lagoonal a bakin tekun. 

Wata babbar hanya ta ratsa bakin teku zuwa kudancin tafkin kuma hanyoyin gida suna zagaye tafkin, wanda ya haɗu da ƙananan kauyuka. Yankin ba shi da yawan jama'a kuma akwai ƙarancin yawon shakatawa. Tattalin arzikin ya dogara ne da yawan noma da kamun kifi, inda ake amfani da tarunan seine da kuma sayar da kifi a garuruwan gida. Ana noman kwakwa a tsakanin tafkin da bakin teku, kuma akwai gonakin kwakwa da dabino mai a filayen da ke ambaliya a arewacin tafkin. 

 Dabbobin daji 
Tafkin Togo, tare da ƙaramin tafkin Vogan da ke kusa da magudanan ruwa daban-daban, sun zama wuri mai mahimmanci ga tsuntsaye. An kewaye su da filayen ambaliya waɗanda ke lulluɓe da ciyayi na yau da kullun, kuma Phragmites da Typha suna faruwa a cikin ɓacin rai. Babu mangroves saboda waɗannan lagos ba su da ruwa. A wasu lokuta lokacin da ruwan ambaliya ya kasance a cikin lagoons, kabeji na ruwa mai saurin girma ( Pstia stratiotes ) yana bayyana. 

Tafki, ciyayi mai dausayi, lagos da yashi na bakin teku na wannan yanki suna ba da wuraren hutawa ga tsuntsayen ruwa da masu ƙaura a kan hanyoyinsu na yammacin Afirka.  Kifi a cikin tafkin duka na asali ne na ruwa da na kogi, kuma mafi yawan nau'in nau'in sune Tilapia da carfish Chrysichthys . Invertebrates sun haɗa da gastropod molluscs Pachymelania spp. da Tympanotonos fuscatus, da crustaceans Farfantepenaeus duorarum da Callinectes latimanus . 

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Coordinates: 6°15′N 1°25′E﻿ / ﻿6.25°N 1.42°E﻿ / 6.25; 1.42
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