Volta River basin

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The Volta River basin is a major West African drainage basin encompassing the catchment area of the Volta River and its tributaries across several countries, including Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Togo.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin
river basin
climateType semi-arid climate
tropical savanna climate
continent Africa
cooperationFramework transboundary water management agreements
country Benin
Burkina Faso
Côte d'Ivoire
surface form: Côte d’Ivoire

Ghana
Mali
Togo
drains Volta River
environmentalIssue deforestation
land degradation
seasonal water scarcity
sedimentation
governedBy Volta Basin Authority
hasOrganization Volta Basin Authority
hasPart Black Volta sub-basin
Volta River basin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lower Volta sub-basin

Oti sub-basin
Volta River basin self-linksurface differs
surface form: White Volta sub-basin
locatedIn West Africa
mainTributary Black Volta
Oti River basin
surface form: Oti River

White Volta
majorCityInBasin Bolgatanga
Kumasi
Ouagadougou
Tamale
majorDam Akosombo Dam
Kpong Dam
majorReservoir Lake Volta
outflow Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Guinea
region Sahel
Sudan savanna
surface form: Sudanian savanna
sharedBy six countries
supportsActivity inland fisheries
pastoralism
rainfed agriculture
transboundary true
uses domestic water supply
fisheries
hydropower generation
irrigation

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Volta River locatedInDrainageBasin Volta River basin
Lake Volta locatedIn Volta River basin
Lake Volta partOf Volta River basin
this entity surface form: Volta River system
Oti River basin partOf Volta River basin
Oti River basin isMajorSubBasinOf Volta River basin
Oti River basin isUpstreamOf Volta River basin
this entity surface form: Lower Volta basin
Tano Sacred Grove locatedIn Volta River basin
this entity surface form: Tano River basin
Black Volta partOf Volta River basin
this entity surface form: Volta River system
Black Volta riverSystem Volta River basin
Black Volta partOf Volta River basin
this entity surface form: Gulf of Guinea drainage basin
Kpong Dam locatedInDrainageBasin Volta River basin
White Volta partOf Volta River basin
this entity surface form: Volta River system
White Volta partOf Volta River basin
this entity surface form: Volta River Basin
Volta River basin hasPart Volta River basin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: White Volta sub-basin
Volta River basin hasPart Volta River basin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lower Volta sub-basin