Volta Lake

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Volta Lake is one of the world’s largest artificial lakes, formed by the Akosombo Dam on the Volta River in Ghana and serving as a major source of hydroelectric power, transportation, and fishing.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Volta Lake canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial lake ⓘ
affectsCommunity resettled communities displaced by flooding ⓘ
basinCountry Ghana ⓘ
cityOnShore Ada Foah ⓘ
Akosombo ⓘ
Kete Krachi ⓘ
Yeji ⓘ
completionDate 1965 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1961 ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
createdByProject Volta River Project ⓘ
formedBy Akosombo Dam ⓘ
formedYear 1965 ⓘ
hasDam Akosombo Dam ⓘ
Kpong Dam ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity small-scale fisheries ⓘ
timber salvage from submerged forests ⓘ
hasFerryService Volta Lake Transport Company ferries ⓘ
hasIsland Dodi Island ⓘ
inflow Black Volta ⓘ
Oti River ⓘ
linked to: Oti River basin

Volta River ⓘ
White Volta ⓘ
length about 400 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Ghana ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Bono East Region, Ghana ⓘ
Eastern Region, Ghana ⓘ
Northern Region, Ghana ⓘ
Oti Region, Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Oti Region of Ghana

Savannah Region, Ghana ⓘ
Volta Region, Ghana ⓘ
locatedInFormerValleyOf Volta River ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Volta River ⓘ
maximumDepth about 75 metres ⓘ
operator Volta River Authority ⓘ
outflow Volta River ⓘ
partOf Volta River basin ⓘ
primaryUse hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
rankBySurfaceArea one of the world’s largest artificial lakes ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
shoreLength over 4800 kilometres ⓘ
surfaceArea about 8500 square kilometres ⓘ
use fishing ⓘ
inland water transport ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
watercourse Volta River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Eastern Region → containsWaterBody → Volta Lake ⓘ
Bono East Region → hasBodyOfWater → Volta Lake ⓘ
Guang Gonja → isSpokenNear → Volta Lake ⓘ