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The Black Volta or Mouhoun (French: Volta noire) [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] It is one of the three main parts of the Volta, with the White Volta and the Red Volta. [3]
The Volta River (Akan: Asuo Firaw, Ewe: Amuga, French: Fleuve Volta) 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 three main parts of the river are the Black Volta, the White Volta, and the Red Volta.
Map of Burkina Faso with main rivers. This is a list of streams and rivers in Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso has three main rivers — the Black Volta, the Red Volta and the White Volta. [1] Areas near rivers are affected by tsetse flies and simulium flies. [1]
The border starts in the west at the tripoint with Ivory Coast on the Black Volta river; the border continues north along this river up to the 11th parallel north. [2] The border then turns east, following this parallel until it reaches the Red Volta (though note that the border is not entirely straight in this sector, as at several points the boundary jogs north or south).
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The country owes its former name of Upper Volta to three rivers which cross it: the Black Volta (or Mouhoun), the White Volta (Nakambé) and the Red Volta (Nazinon). The Black Volta is one of the country's only two rivers which flow year-round, the other being the Komoé, which flows to the southwest. The basin of the Niger River also drains 27 ...
Akosombo Dam holds back both the White Volta River and the Black Volta River, which formerly converged where the middle of the reservoir now lies, to form the single Volta River. The present Volta River flows from the outlets of the dam's powerhouse and spillways to the Atlantic Ocean in southern Ghana.
English: Map of the Volta River drainage basin showing the major tributaries and Lake Volta. Data from GTOPO30, HYDRO1k, and Natural Earth. Data from GTOPO30, HYDRO1k, and Natural Earth. Date