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The Volta River (Akan: Asuo Firaw, Ewe: Amuga) is the main river system in the West African country of Ghana. It flows south into Ghana from the Bobo-Dioulasso highlands of Burkina Faso. The main parts of the river are the Black Volta, the White Volta, and the Red Volta.
The Volta River is the main river system in the West African country of Ghana. It flows south into Ghana from the Bobo-Dioulasso highlands of Burkina Faso. Map. Directions. Satellite. Photo Map.
27 wrz 2024 · Volta River, chief river system of Ghana, formed from the confluence of the Black Volta and White Volta headstreams. The Volta flows generally southward through Ghana, discharging into the Gulf of Guinea. Its major tributaries are the Afram and the Oti (Pandjari).
Volta River basin covers about 400,000 km 2 (Van de Giesen et al. 2010). The river basin is a trans-national catchment shared by six riparian countries (Fig. 1). The watershed is 40% in...
The Volta River Basin in West Africa has a surface area of approximately 400,000 km2 across six countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, and Togo. It is the ninth largest river basin in sub-Saharan Africa.
Black Volta River, river in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), headstream of the Volta River in western Africa. It rises as the Baoulé in low hills in southwestern Burkina Faso near Bobo Dioulasso, and at the end of its course it empties into Lake Volta (in
Located completely within Ghana, Lake Volta collects discharge from the numerous rain-fed tributaries within the Volta River basin (VRB), supplies hydroelectric power to Ghana and neighboring...
