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IVORY COAST Barrage d'Axamé Asafo Lamé ! Swedru ! Bia Afranse -Aouabo ! ! Alépé Anyama-Adjamé ! Akoupé ! Pra ! Grand Alépé ! Aboisso ! ! Comoé Ajumako ! Dabré Nkwatanum-Essiam ! !

Akouré Katakyiase ! ! Lagune Potou GHANA ! Adiapo-Doumé ! ! Abura Dunkwa Abadjin-Kouté ! Winneba ! Tano ! Bimbresso ! ! Lagune Abi Songon-Kassemblé! Adiaké Aby Asuansi Audouin Eloka ! ! Apam Point ! ! Samo Obokor ! ! ! ! Apam N'dyéni ! ! ! ! Bonoua Abakrampa Mankesim Mumford ! Babli Point Etuéboué Tantamkweri Point Sassako-Bégniny ! Asebu Saltpond Suprudu ! ! ! ! Nakwa !Akra Tantum ! Assomlan Asaafa ! Azuretti ! ! ! ! Canal d'Assinie ! ! Ekumpoano Mindoukon Akounougbé Edumata Grand-Bassam ! ! Kwansimakrom ! Anomabo Nkwanta ! Moree Mooua ! ! ! Anashun Point Case study Bonsa ! Queen Annes Point Elmina ! Mpataba ! ! Cape Coast Elmina Point Case study Komenda Ampeni Point Tikobo I ! ! ! Aiyinase ! Assay Point Bonyere ! Komenda Point Nsuaem ! 6° N Inchaban ! ShamaAboadi Point 6° N Ekwe ! ! ! Tsiaka Bansu Point Esiama ! ! Sekondi Point Sekondi ! Apowa Takoradi ! Kikam ! ! Takoradi Point ! Kokobo Point ! Banso CI5-a CI5-b CI6-a CI6-b ! Ajemra ! CI6-d CI6-c ! Amoa Point Terceira Point Princess Town CI6 - PERIURBAN ! Ahanta Point ! Akwidaa CI5 - ABIDJAN Mutrakni Point Aketechi ! AREA EAST Achowa Point + PORT BOUET ABIDJAN - Fredrick Point Anama Point GH4-a GH6-b

GH5-a GH5-b GH6-a East Point GH5-c GH5-d GH5-e GRAND BASSAM GH4 - RURAL GH5 - URBAN ZONES AND GH6 - RURAL HINTERLAND OF EXTENSIONS ELMINA - HINTERLAND SHAMA - URBAN AREA CAPE COAST - ACCRA ELMINA CAPE COAST - SALTPOND

CI7-a CI7-b CI7-c GH1-a GH1-b GH1-c GH2-a GH2-b GH2-c GH3-d GH3-a GH3-b GH3-c

CI7 - SANDY TERRACE AND COCONUT GH3 - SEKONDI GH1 - SANDY TERRACE AND COCONUT GROVES WEST GHANA - GH2 - CAP THREE POINTS GROVES IN EASTERN IVORY COAST TAKORADI

REGIONAL SHORELINE MONITORING STUDY AND DRAWING UP A MANAGEMENT SCHEME FOR SECTOR CODES / PRIORITIES MONITORING Intensive monitoring THE WEST AFRICAN COASTAL AREA Sector reference and observation MR2-a Very high priority Sector reference Regular monitoring MR2-a and observation High priority West African Sector reference Watch keeping for Economicand Monetary Union MR2-a Low/average priority anticipation COASTAL MANAGEMENT SCHEME

TYPES AND IMPORTANCE OF STAKES BY SECTOR Country borders COASTAL SEA FRONT ROAD NETWORK ORGANISATION SCHEME CONTINENTAL SHELF AND LOCATION OF THE MAP (sector organisation scheme) Major road Minor road 5° N Necessary and top priority Urgent 1:500 000 SCALE 5° N Tertiary road To be planned in the medium or long term TYPOLOGY OF SEA FRONTS Dykes 0 5 km 20 km 50 km To be planned to anticipate future developments URBAN AREAS 1 - MUD OR SANDY COAST REGULARLY HUMAN STAKES AND SETTLEMENTS COVERED BY THE TIDE Mauritanie Dense urban fabric N 1A- Apparent coastline of mangroves materialised THREATENED NW NE Loose urban fabric by continuous barrier of trees High risk Ivory coast 2/2 2/2 Dense and considerable 1B- Apparent coastline with discontinuous border o Côte d'Ivoire f mangroves and/or coastal mudflats W E Dispersed Very loose urban fabric GhanaGhana 1/2 1/2 1C- Apparent coastline typified by thin fringe of SW Growing Open space mangroves adjacent to locally rocky and/or SE Sénégal solid hill topography Non discriminated S TOURISM AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS Sheet 8/9 urban areas 2 - SANDY OR SILT COAST LOCATED IN Niger Important stakes, management scheme opportune Hub intersection NATURALLY HIGHLY UNSTABLE SITES 2A- Sandy or silt coast associated with mangroves Mali Important local or future stakes to be anticipated and not covered by the tide Guinée Burkina Faso HYDROGRAPHY Bissau Development of the sector to be anticipated 2B- Coastline of islets, sandbanks and insular splits Graduated water system 2C- Estuary and coastal river littoral zones Guinée ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY Benin Protected areas Water body lagoon 3 - SANDY COAST WITH STRAIGHT LONGITUDINAL PROFILE Possible interest in biodiversity - to be confirmed Dam reservoir 3A- Sandy coast with straight longitudinal profile, absence Sierra of back-lagoons, depressions or channels parallel to the Leone Natural, more on less artificialised ecosystems shore less than 2km from the shoreline deserving of conservation measures WETLANDS AND MARSHES Nigeria 3B- Sandy coast with straight longitudinal profile, presence Natural or introduced vegetation to be preserved Alluvial plains of back-lagoons, depressions or channels parallel to the nd restored (particularly to stabilise dunes) shore (500m to 2km from the shoreline) Libéria Côte d'Ivoire Ghana Togo

Hydromorphic alluvial plains 3C- Sandy coast with straight longitudinal profile, presence RICE-GROWING IN MANGROVE of back-lagoons, depressions or channels parallel to the shore (less than 500m from the shoreline) Extensive expanse of rice-growing systems Undifferentiated wetlands potentially threatened 4 - SANDY AND ROCKY COAST IN STEPS Salt marshes (sebkhras) Bathymetry Moderate expanse of rice-growing systems (Headlands and coves) 0 m 250 m potentially threatened Margins of salt marshes (sebkhras) 4A- Wide coves with a low radius of curvature 4B- Frequent rocky headlands Mangroves 5 - ROCKY COAST

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