Black Volta

E352671

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 5

How this entity was disambiguated

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–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 Mouhoun (in Burkina Faso) ⓘ
hasTributaryRole western main tributary of the Volta River ⓘ
hydrologicalSystem West African river network ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
mouthLocation Volta River ⓘ
partOf Gulf of Guinea drainage basin ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin

Volta River system ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin
region Sahel region ⓘ
linked to: Sahel

Sudanian savanna ⓘ
linked to: Sudan savanna
riverSystem Volta River basin ⓘ
tributaryOf Volta River ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
transportation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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 ⓘ
Volta Lake → inflow → Black Volta ⓘ