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Lake Volta (located at 6°30′N 0°0′E) is the largest reservoir in the world (being larger than Lake Nasser), lying in Ghana and covering almost 8,502 km² (3,275 square miles). Its northernmost point is at the town of Yapei, and southernmost at the Akosombo Dam, 520 kilometers downstream. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (640x640, 168 KB)Lake Volta, Ghana - April 1993 image description here File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
A man-made lake in Keukenhof, Netherlands A lake is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size surrounded by land. ...
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The White Volta, also known as the Nakambe River, is the headstream of the Volta River in West Africa. ...
Black Volta is a river of western Africa rising in western Burkina Faso and flowing about 1,352 km (840 mi) to the White Volta in Ghana. ...
The Adome bridge crosses the Volta river south of the Akosombo Dam The Volta is a river in central and western Africa that drains into the Gulf of Guinea. ...
A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (yellow outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (blue lines) of a contiguous area. ...
The Ashokan Reservoir, located in Ulster County, New York, USA. It is one of 19 that supplies New York City with drinking water. ...
View of Lake Nasser from Abu Simbel Map showing the location of Lake Nasser Lake Nasser (Arabic: Buhayrat Nasir) is a vast artificial lake in southern Egypt and northern Sudan. ...
To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ...
The Akosombo Dam is a hydroelectric dam in southeastern Ghana. ...
The dam holds back the White Volta River and the Black Volta River. These two rivers formerly converged to form the Volta River; this river now flows from the dam to the Atlantic Ocean. The White Volta, also known as the Nakambe River, is the headstream of the Volta River in West Africa. ...
Black Volta is a river of western Africa rising in western Burkina Faso and flowing about 1,352 km (840 mi) to the White Volta in Ghana. ...
The Adome bridge crosses the Volta river south of the Akosombo Dam The Volta is a river in central and western Africa that drains into the Gulf of Guinea. ...
The lake was formed in 1965 when the Akosombo Dam was built. Due to the formation of Lake Volta, 78,000 people were relocated to new townships, along with two hundred thousand animals belonging to them; 120 buildings were destroyed. A map of Ghana, converted directly from a map in GIF format from the CIA World Factbook. ...
A map of Ghana, converted directly from a map in GIF format from the CIA World Factbook. ...
The Akosombo Dam is a hydroelectric dam in southeastern Ghana. ...
The dam produces electricity for much of the nation. It is also important for transportation, plied by both ferries and by cargo boats. Lightning strikes during a night-time thunderstorm. ...
The ferryboat Dongan Hills, filled with commuters, about to dock at a New York City pier, ca. ...
The Digya National Park lies on part of the lake's west shore.
On April 9, 2006 a passenger boat sank in the lake drowning around 120 people.
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