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White Volta

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Key facts

Countries
Ghana and Burkina Faso
Mouth
Volta River
Location
Lake Volta
Length
885 km (550 mi)
Basin size
117,200 km (45,300 sq mi)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
stream
Country
Ghana
Image
VoltaRiverWithAdombeBridge183-1-.jpg
Length
640
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Commons category
White Volta
mouth of the watercourse
Lake Volta
watershed area
400000
discharge
249.0
tributary
Red Volta
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Encyclopedic overview

The White Volta or Nakambé (French: Volta blanche) is the headstream of the Volta River, Ghana's main waterway. The White Volta emerges in northern Burkina Faso, flows through Northern Ghana and empties into Lake Volta in Ghana. The White Volta's main tributaries are the Black Volta and the Red Volta.

Course and basin

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “White Volta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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