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.

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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 ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
Lower Volta sub-basin ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin

Oti sub-basin ⓘ
White Volta sub-basin ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
mainTributary Black Volta ⓘ
Oti River ⓘ
linked to: Oti River basin

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

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

Volta River → locatedInDrainageBasin → Volta River basin ⓘ
Lake Volta → locatedIn → Volta River basin ⓘ
Lake Volta → partOf → Volta River system ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin
Oti River basin → partOf → Volta River basin ⓘ
Oti River basin → isMajorSubBasinOf → Volta River basin ⓘ
Oti River basin → isUpstreamOf → Lower Volta basin ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin
Tano Sacred Grove → locatedIn → Tano River basin ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin
Black Volta → partOf → Volta River system ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin
Black Volta → riverSystem → Volta River basin ⓘ
Black Volta → partOf → Gulf of Guinea drainage basin ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin
Kpong Dam → locatedInDrainageBasin → Volta River basin ⓘ
White Volta → partOf → Volta River system ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin
White Volta → partOf → Volta River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin
Volta River basin → hasPart → White Volta sub-basin ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin
Volta River basin → hasPart → Lower Volta sub-basin ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin
Volta Lake → partOf → Volta River basin ⓘ
Black Volta River → partOf → Volta River system ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin
Black Volta River → partOf → Volta River basin ⓘ
Togo–Ghana border region → hasRiver → Volta River basin ⓘ
Togo–Ghana border region → sharesWatershed → Volta River system ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin
Ada East District → locatedIn → Lower Volta basin ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin
Ada estuary → partOf → lower Volta River basin ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin
Manya Krobo → locatedNear → Lower Volta basin ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin
Houet River → partOf → Upper Volta River basin ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin
Houet River → drainageBasin → Volta River basin ⓘ
Oti River forest reserves → locatedInBasin → Volta River basin ⓘ
Oti–Volta languages → region → Volta River basin ⓘ