Jabi Lake

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| image = Jabi Lake seen from Jabi Lake mall 01.jpg

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Jabi Lake is a water body formed from a man-made earth dam that was initially created to provide water to the residents of Abuja, Nigeria.{{Cite journal|last1=Ngwu|first1=E. O.|last2=Ihuahi|first2=J. A.|last3=Oluborode|first3=G. B.|last4=Olokor|first4=J. O.|date=2013|title=Current trends of fish processing in Jabi Lake area|url=http://aquaticcommons.org/24672/|language=en|location=Lagos (Nigeria)|publisher=FISON|pages=428–429}} The total surface area of the lake is about {{convert|1,300|ha}}.{{Cite journal|last1=Ekwe|first1=Michael C.|last2=Ibrahim|first2=Asma T.|last3=Balogun|first3=Ifeoluwa A.|last4=Adedeji|first4=Oluwatola I.|last5=Ekwe|first5=David O.|last6=Nom|first6=Jemimah|date=2019-03-27|title=Assessment of Urban Cooling Island Effects of Jabi Lake Reservoir, Abuja on its Surrounding Microclimate Using Geospatial Techniques|url=https://journalofscience.org/index.php/GJSFR/article/view/2443|journal=Global Journal of Science Frontier Research|volume=19 |issue=A2 |pages=37–47 |language=en-US|issn=2249-4626}}

File:An aerial view of Jabi Lake Abuja Nigeria.jpg

The initial capacity of the reservoir was to supply water to 100,000 residents. But after the construction of the bigger Lower Usuma Dam, the reservoir became a fishing and tourism attraction.