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Lake Volta, the largest artificial reservoir in the world based on surface area, is contained behind the Akosombo Dam which generates a substantial amount of Ghana's electricity. It is completely within the country of Ghana and has a surface area of 8,502 square kilometres (3,283 sq mi). [1] It extends from Akosombo in the south to the northern ...
Panorama and landscape view of Lake Volta in the Volta Basin; the largest lake and reservoir by surface area in the world. Lake Volta contains an array of fungi species and flows into the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. Lake Volta has three main tributaries: the Black Volta; the White Volta and the Red Volta.
3,743 km². Established. 1971. Digya National Park is the second largest national park and the oldest protected area in Ghana. It is located in the Bono East Region. [1] It was created in 1900 and given national park status in 1971. The park is the only wildlife territory in Ghana to have Lake Volta at its borders.
Lake Volta is a reservoir impounded by the Akosombo Dam on the lower Volta River in southern Ghana. It is one of the largest reservoirs in the world. It extends from the Akosombo Dam in southeastern Ghana to the town of Yapei in the Central Gonja District, Northern Region of Ghana, some 400 kilometres (250 mi) to the north.
Binomial name. Trichechus senegalensis. Link, 1795. African manatee range. The African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis), also known as the West African manatee, is a species of manatee that inhabits much of the western region of Africa – from Senegal to Angola. [3] It is the only manatee species to be found in the Old World.
Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. Coordinates. 7°07′29″N 0°35′31″E / 7.124751°N 0.591844°E / 7.124751; 0.591844. Type. Chute. Total height. 80 meters. Wli Waterfalls is the highest waterfall in Ghana and the tallest in West Africa. [1] It has a lower and an upper fall.
It is widespread throughout much of the Afrotropical realm, being native to the Congo, Nile, Senegal, Niger and Lake Chad, Volta, Lake Turkana, and other river basins. It also occurs in the brackish waters of Lake Maryut in Egypt. The Nile perch is a fish of substantial economic and food-security importance in East Africa. [2]
Mouth. (Is home to many forms of wildlife that are unique to this part of the world) The Black Volta or Mouhoun[1] is a river that flows through Burkina Faso for approximately 1,352 km (840 mi) to the White Volta in Dagbon, Ghana, the upper end of Lake Volta. [2] The source of the Black Volta is in the Cascades Region of Burkina Faso, close to ...