Safare

Safare lies among the lakes north of the Niger near Tonka, between Niafunké and Goundam. The river's annual flood reaches Lake Horo near Tonka and also feeds Lake Fati farther north. The extent of these shallow waters changes with the strength of the flood, leaving land exposed as the water recedes. They form part of a chain of lakes in the northern reaches of the inland Niger delta, on the edge of the Sahara.