Black Volta

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Black Volta is a major West African river that flows through Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire, forming parts of their borders before joining other tributaries to create the Volta River system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Black Volta canonical 4

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international river
river
alternativeName Mouhoun River
basinCountry Burkina Faso
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Mali
continent Africa
country Burkina Faso
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
crossesPoliticalBoundary Burkina Faso–Ghana border
surface form: Burkina Faso–Côte d'Ivoire border

Burkina Faso–Ghana border
Ghana–Côte d'Ivoire border
dischargesInto Volta River
drainageBasin Volta Basin
flowsDirection generally southward
flowsThrough Burkina Faso
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
formsBorderBetween Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire
Burkina Faso and Ghana
Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire
formsPartOfBorderOf eastern Côte d'Ivoire
northwestern Ghana
southwestern Burkina Faso
hasNameInLanguage Boucle du Mouhoun Region
surface form: Mouhoun (in Burkina Faso)
hasTributaryRole western main tributary of the Volta River
hydrologicalSystem West African river network
locatedIn West Africa
mouthLocation Volta River
partOf Volta River basin
surface form: Gulf of Guinea drainage basin

Volta River basin
surface form: Volta River system
region Sahel
surface form: Sahel region

Sudan savanna
surface form: Sudanian savanna
riverSystem Volta River basin
tributaryOf Volta River
usedFor fishing
irrigation
transportation

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Referenced by (4)

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

Volta River majorTributary Black Volta
Lake Volta inflow Black Volta
White Volta hasTributary Black Volta
Volta River basin mainTributary Black Volta