Volta River

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/volta-river

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How big is the Volta River?Lake Volta
2. What is the location?West Africa, primarily Ghana, with headwaters in Burkina Faso
3. What is the major tributaries?Black Volta, White Volta, Red Volta
4. Where does the Volta River start and where does it end?It begins in the highlands of Burkina Faso and flows south through Ghana, finally emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Ada Foah.
5. What is Lake Volta and why is it special?Lake Volta is a huge man-made lake created by the Akosombo Dam. It is the largest lake in the world by surface area and gives Ghana electricity, fish, and boats.

Watershed: An area of land where all the precipitation drains into a common river or body of water.
Transboundary River Basin: A river basin that is shared by two or more countries.
Sediment Transport: The movement of eroded particles (like sand and silt) by water or wind.