Oti River basin

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The Oti River basin is a major West African river catchment that drains parts of Togo, Ghana, Benin, and Burkina Faso before feeding into the Volta River system.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Oti River 6
Nakambe (White Volta) basin 1
Oti River basin canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin
river basin
transboundary river basin
crossesInternationalBoundaries true
drainsPartOf Benin
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Togo
feedsInto Lake Volta
hasBiodiversity savanna fauna
wetland species
hasClimateCharacteristic marked wet and dry seasons
hasClimateType tropical savanna climate
hasCountry Benin
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Togo
hasEcosystemType riparian forest
savanna woodland
hasHydrologicalRegime seasonal flow variability
hasLandUse pastoralism
rainfed agriculture
subsistence farming
hasMainRiver Oti River basin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Oti River
hasMouthIn Lake Volta
hasSedimentContributionTo Lake Volta
hasTransboundaryWaterGovernanceIssues true
hasWaterResourceType groundwater
surface water
isMajorSubBasinOf Volta River basin
isUpstreamOf Volta River basin
surface form: Lower Volta basin
locatedIn Benin–Togo border region
Burkina Faso–Togo border region
Togo–Ghana border region
West Africa
partOf Volta River basin
region Sudano-Sahelian zone
relevantFor hydropower potential in Lake Volta
regional water management in Volta basin
subjectTo drought risk
seasonal flooding
supportsActivity fishing
irrigated agriculture
livestock rearing
tributaryOf Volta River
surface form: Volta River system

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Togo drainageBasin Oti River basin
Ouagadougou drainageBasin Oti River basin
this entity surface form: Nakambe (White Volta) basin
Volta River majorTributary Oti River basin
this entity surface form: Oti River
Lake Volta inflow Oti River basin
this entity surface form: Oti River
Northern Region hasNaturalFeature Oti River basin
this entity surface form: Oti River
Oti River basin hasMainRiver Oti River basin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Oti River
Oti Region hasRiver Oti River basin
this entity surface form: Oti River
Volta River basin mainTributary Oti River basin
this entity surface form: Oti River