Volta River

E70877

river river system

The Volta River is a major river system in West Africa that flows primarily through Ghana, where it feeds Lake Volta, one of the world’s largest artificial reservoirs.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Volta River canonical	22
Lower Volta	1
Middle Volta	1
Volta River basin	1
Volta River estuary	1
Volta River system	1
White Volta River	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ river system ⓘ
associatedReservoir	Lake Volta ⓘ
basinCountry	Benin ⓘ Burkina Faso ⓘ Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ surface form: Côte d’Ivoire Ghana ⓘ Guinea ⓘ Mali ⓘ Niger ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Togo ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Burkina Faso ⓘ Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ surface form: Côte d’Ivoire Ghana ⓘ
countryAtMouth	Ghana ⓘ
countryWithLargestReservoirOnRiver	Ghana ⓘ
countryWithMainCourse	Ghana ⓘ
drainageAreaApprox	about 400000 square kilometers ⓘ
emptiesInto	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
etymology	named by Portuguese explorers for a bend or turn (volta) ⓘ
feeds	Akosombo Dam ⓘ
flowsIntoBodyOfWaterNearCity	Tema ⓘ
flowsIntoBodyOfWaterNearTown	Ada Foah ⓘ
flowsThrough	Burkina Faso ⓘ Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ surface form: Côte d’Ivoire Ghana ⓘ
formsReservoir	Lake Volta ⓘ
hasPart	Volta River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lower Volta Volta River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Middle Volta Burkina Faso ⓘ surface form: Upper Volta
locatedInDrainageBasin	Volta River basin ⓘ
majorTributary	Black Volta ⓘ Oti River basin ⓘ surface form: Oti River White Volta ⓘ
mouthLocation	Ada Foah ⓘ
nameLanguage	Portuguese ⓘ
notableStructure	Akosombo Dam ⓘ Kpong Dam ⓘ
region	West Africa ⓘ
sourceRegion	Burkina Faso ⓘ
usedFor	fishing ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ transportation ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

West Africa → hasMajorRiver → Volta River ⓘ

Ghana → notableRiver → Volta River ⓘ

Gur languages → regionOfConcentration → Volta River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volta River basin

Volta River → hasPart → Volta River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Volta

Volta River → hasPart → Volta River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Volta

Lake Volta → formedOn → Volta River ⓘ

Lake Volta → inflow → Volta River ⓘ

Lake Volta → outflow → Volta River ⓘ

Volta Region → hasRiver → Volta River ⓘ

Northern Region → hasNaturalFeature → Volta River ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Volta River

Eastern Region → containsRiver → Volta River ⓘ

Fort Kongenstein → hasNearbyWaterBody → Volta River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volta River estuary

Oti River basin → tributaryOf → Volta River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volta River system

Ada Foah → isOnWaterbody → Volta River ⓘ

Ada Foah → mouthOf → Volta River ⓘ

Voltaic languages → namedAfter → Volta River ⓘ

Black Volta → tributaryOf → Volta River ⓘ

Black Volta → mouthLocation → Volta River ⓘ

Black Volta → dischargesInto → Volta River ⓘ

Kpong Dam → locatedOnRiver → Volta River ⓘ

Kpong Dam → watercourse → Volta River ⓘ

Kpong Dam → outflow → Volta River ⓘ

Kpong Dam → category → Volta River ⓘ

White Volta → mouth → Volta River ⓘ

White Volta → tributaryOf → Volta River ⓘ

Volta River basin → drains → Volta River ⓘ

Akosombo Dam → locatedOnRiver → Volta River ⓘ

Volta Region of Ghana → hasRiver → Volta River ⓘ

subject surface form: Volta Region