| 词条 | Volta River |
| 释义 |
| name = Volta River | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = | image = VoltaRiverWithAdombeBridge183-1-.jpg | image_size = 300 | image_caption = The Adome Bridge crosses the Volta river south of the Akosombo Dam. | map = Volta River basin map.svg | map_size = 300 | map_caption = Map of the Volta River drainage basin and its main three tributaries, the White Volta, Red Volta, and Black Volta rivers. | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = 300 | pushpin_map_caption= | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Ghana, Burkina Faso | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = | length = {{convert|1500|km|mi|abbr=on}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= Mouth[1] | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = {{convert|1210|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}[2] | discharge1_max = | source1 = | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth = Gulf of Guinea | mouth_location = Atlantic Ocean | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|5|46|N|0|41|E|display=inline,title}}[3] | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = {{convert|407093|km2|abbr=on}}[4] | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} The Volta River is the main river system in the West African country of Ghana. It flows into Ghana from Bobo-Dioulasso highlands of Burkina Faso. The main part of the river are the Black Volta, the White Volta, and the Red Volta. In the northwest, the Black Volta forms the international boundaries between the Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Burkina Faso. The Volta flows southward along Akwapim-Togoland highlands, and it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at the Gulf of Guinea at Ada. It has a smaller tributary river, the Oti, which enters Ghana from Togo in the east. The Volta River has been dammed at Akosombo for the purpose of generating hydroelectricity. The reservoir named Lake Volta stretches from Akosombo in the south to the northern part of the country, thus being one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the world.[5] The ReservoirLake Volta is a reservoir impounded by the Akosombo Dam on the lower Volta River in southern Ghana. It is one of the largest reservoirs in the world. It extends from the Akosombo Dam in southeastern Ghana to the town of Yapei in the Central Gonja District, Northern Region of Ghana, some {{convert|400|km|mi}} to the north. The dam's power plant generates electricity for the Volta River Authority, and the reservoir also provides water transport routes. It may be a resource for irrigation and fish farming. The depth of the river is about {{convert|45|ft|m}} below Lake Volta. The Volta River is crossed by the Adome Bridge just below the Akosombo Dam. HistoryThe 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").[6] "River of return" (perhaps because it was where ships turned around and headed for home) or “river of the bend”, in reference to its curved course.[6][7] See also
References1. ^Volta River, Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Library Edition. Retrieved on October 6, 2007. {{commons category-inline|Volta River|position=left}}{{Rivers of Ghana}}{{Authority control}}2. ^Volta River, Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Library Edition. Retrieved on October 6, 2007. 3. ^{{GEOnet2|32FA87A2E09D3774E0440003BA962ED3|Volta}} 4. ^Volta {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051026063230/http://www.waterandnature.org/eatlas/html/af26.html |date=2005-10-26 }}, Watersheds of the World. Water Resources eAtlas. Retrieved on October 6, 2007. 5. ^{{cite web|title=Lake Volta, Ghana|url=https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=58197|website=Visible Earth|publisher=NASA|accessdate=7 March 2018}} 6. ^1 Volta - etymology 7. ^{{cite book|author=Wilks,Ivor. Wangara, Akan, and Portuguese in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries|editor1-last=Bakewell|editor1-first=Peter|title=Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas|date=1997|publisher=Variorum, Ashgate Publishing Limited|location=Aldershot|pages=15}} 4 : Volta River|Rivers of Ghana|Rivers of Burkina Faso|Gulf of Guinea |
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