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Where is Volta Delta?
eastern coast of Ghana
The Volta delta is located within latitudes 5°25′ and 6°20′ N and longitude 0°40′ and 1°10′ E along the eastern coast of Ghana and covers a total area of about 4562 km2. To the immediate east of the Volta delta is the national border with Togo and its national capital Lomé.
Why is it called Volta River?
The Volta River was named by Portuguese gold traders in Ghana. It was their farthest extent of exploration before returning (volta is Portuguese for “twist” or “turn”).
Who created river Volta?
It was about Ghana’s Volta River Project which the country’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah had planned as the core of an intergrated industrial programme to transform the three-year-old independent Ghana into an industrialised country in the space of just a generation.
How many lagoons are in Ghana?
90 lagoons
Ghana lies along the Gulf of Guinea (30 5´ W and 1010´ E and 40 35´N and 110 N) and has an area of about 239,000 km2 and a 550 km coastline with about 90 lagoons and associated wetlands.
Who financed Akosombo Dam?
Akosombo Dam, rock-fill dam on the Volta River, near Akosombo, Ghana, completed in 1965 as part of the Volta River Project. Its construction was jointly financed by the government of Ghana, the World Bank, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
How many lakes are there in Ghana?
Ghana has two major lakes: Volta and Bosumtwi. Lake Volta is human-made while Lake Bosumtwi is a natural water body. As early as 1915, Albert Ernest Kitson, a geologist had floated the idea of constructing a dam in Ghana.
Who built Akosombo Dam?
Impregilo
The Akosombo Dam was built by engineering firm Impregilo. The Italian company had just finished work on the Kariba Dam on the Zambezi river between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The scheme comprised a main dam, a secondary dam, water intakes, a power station and two spillways.
Which is the largest lake in Ghana?
Lake Volta
With a storage capacity of 124,000,000 acre-feet (153,000,000,000 cubic m) of water, Lake Volta is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. It is about 250 miles (400 km) long and covers 3,283 square miles (8,502 square km), or 3.6 percent of Ghana’s area.