What is Volta River?
[[File:Volta River basin map.svg|thumb|The Volta River and its [[drainage basin]]]] The '''Volta River''' is a river which is mostly in [[Ghana]]. It drains into the [[Gulf of Guinea]] and [[Atlantic Ocean]]. It has three main [[tributary|tributaries]] {{ndash}} the Black Volta, White Volta and Red Volta. Water drains into the Volta from most of Ghana, most of [[Burkina Faso]], and parts of [[Benin]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Mali]], and [[Togo]]. In 1964, the Akosombo Dam was built. This created a [[reservoir]] along the river known as [[Lake Volta]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Review of tropical reservoirs and their fisheries: the cases of Lake Nasser, Lake Volta, and Indo-Gangetic Basin reservoir |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9789251067413 |last=Zwieten |first=P. A. van |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |date=2011 |isbn=9789251067413}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Rivers of Africa]] [[Category:Geography of Ghana]]