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Kou Classified Forest

Marco Schmidt [1] · CC BY-SA 2.5

11% trees around it and 247 species recorded.

43Forestyas Score

ForestFungi

  • trees within 3 km11%
  • wild within 10 km87%
  • species recorded247
  • Altitude350 m

The forest around

11% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 28%Shrubland 36%Grassland 17%Cropland 19%Trees 9%Shrubland 68%Grassland 14%Cropland 9%Built-up 0%Trees 12%Shrubland 56%Grassland 22%Cropland 10%Built-up 1%Trees 11%Shrubland 45%Grassland 28%Wetland 0%Bare ground 0%Cropland 12%Built-up 3%11%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km28%
  • 1–3 km9%
  • 3–6 km12%
  • 6–10 km11%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees9%
  • Shrubland68%
  • Grassland14%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland9%
  • Built-up0%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

247 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Ficus capreifolia
Ficus capreifoliaFicus capreifolia25 recordsJMK · CC BY-SA 3.0
Teak
TeakTectona grandis21 recordsForest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
Balsampear
BalsampearMomordica charantia13 recordsMorenga01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Carapa procera
Carapa proceraCarapa procera12 recordsUnknown author Unknown author · Public domain
Assyrian plum
Assyrian plumCordia myxa11 recordsMarco Schmidt [1] · CC BY-SA 3.0
Costus spectabilis
Costus spectabilisCostus spectabilis9 recordsMatilda Smith (1854–1926) · Public domain
Mimosa pigra
Mimosa pigraMimosa pigra9 recordsWibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Senegal saba
Senegal sabaSaba senegalensis9 recordslancine.kounfantoh.fofana · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mango
MangoMangifera indica7 recordsWalter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. Description by John Smith (1798 - 1888) · Public domain
Kapok
KapokCeiba pentandra7 recordsBurkhard Mücke · CC BY-SA 4.0
Shea butterVU
Shea butterVitellaria paradoxa6 recordsMarco Schmidt · CC BY-SA 2.5
Vachellia nilotica
Vachellia niloticaVachellia nilotica6 recordsJ.M.Garg · CC BY-SA 3.0

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

43out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 11%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 87%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 247Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 350 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from November to March.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan34°16°1 mm
  2. Feb37°19°6 mm
  3. Mar38°23°15 mm
  4. Apr38°25°55 mm
  5. May35°24°104 mm
  6. Jun33°23°150 mm
  7. Jul30°22°229 mm
  8. Aug29°22°278 mm
  9. Sep29°22°199 mm
  10. Oct31°22°72 mm
  11. Nov33°19°5 mm
  12. Dec33°15°0 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Kou Classified Forest.

Classified forest in Burkina Faso

Kou Classified Forest is a forest in Burkina Faso, 350 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 11% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 87% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

247 species have been recorded around it: 152 plants, 44 fungi, 43 birds and 8 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Ficus capreifolia, Teak and Balsampear.

The best time to walk is from November to March.

F Cl de la Kou
Marco Schmidt [1] · CC BY-SA 2.5

Get there and walk

  • Campement Escale Guinguettecampsite · 0.7 km · 2 within 10 km
  • Lassibaplace to stay · 4.4 km · 6 within 10 km
  • Bobo-Dioulassonearest town · 16 km in a straight line
  • Bobo Dioulasso Airport (BOY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 13 km in a straight line

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Kou Classified Forest seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 1named and notable trees within 6 kmKapok
  • 2campsites within 10 kmCampement Escale Guinguette
  • 6places to stay within 10 kmLassiba, Cité universitaire Belle-ville, Domicile Kadjatou and 3 more
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

Other forests nearby.

Kou Classified Forest

Burkina Faso

  • 43Forestyas Score
  • 11%Trees
  • 87%Wild
  • 247Species

Mare aux Hippopotames

Burkina Faso · 59 km

  • 27Forestyas Score
  • 14%Trees
  • 73%Wild
  • 13Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1439339) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species4,639 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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