White Volta
The White Volta or Nakambé 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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White Volta
- Type: Stream
- Description: river
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Twi—“White Volta” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu White Volta”
- Basque: “Nakanbé”
- Basque: “Volta Zuria”
- Belarusian: “Белая Вольта”
- Belarusian: “Рака Белая Вольта”
- Catalan: “Volta Blanc”
- Cebuano: “White Volta”
- Chinese: “白沃尔特河”
- Chinese: “白沃爾特河”
- Chuvash: “Белая Вольта”
- Chuvash: “Шурă Вольта”
- Croatian: “Bijela Volta”
- Czech: “Bílá Volta”
- Dagbani: “White Volta”
- Danish: “Hvide Volta”
- Dutch: “Witte Volta”
- French: “Nakambé”
- French: “Nakembé”
- French: “Volta Blanche”
- Fulah: “White Volta”
- Georgian: “თეთრი ვოლტა”
- German: “Weißer Volta”
- Hausa: “White Volta”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Volta Putih”
- Italian: “Nakambe”
- Italian: “Volta Bianco”
- Japanese: “白ヴォルタ”
- Japanese: “白ヴォルタ川”
- Kusaal: “White Volta”
- Lithuanian: “Baltoji Volta”
- Macedonian: “Бела Волта”
- Malagasy: “Volta Blanche”
- Northern Frisian: “Witj Volta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hvite Volta”
- Norwegian: “Hvite Volta”
- Polish: “Biała Wolta”
- Polish: “Nakambe”
- Polish: “Nakambé”
- Polish: “Wolta Biała”
- Portuguese: “Rio Volta Branco”
- Portuguese: “Volta Branco”
- Russian: “Белая Вольта”
- Russian: “Наканбе”
- Serbian: “Bela Volta”
- Serbian: “Бела Волта”
- Serbian: “Река Бела Волта”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bijela Volta”
- Slovak: “Biela Volta”
- Slovenian: “Bela Volta”
- Slovenian: “Nakambe”
- Spanish: “Rio Volta Blanco”
- Spanish: “Río Volta Blanco”
- Spanish: “Volta Blanco”
- Swahili: “Volta Nyeupe”
- Swedish: “Nakambe”
- Swedish: “Vita Volta”
- Swedish: “White Volta”
- Turkish: “Beyaz Volta Nehri”
- Twi: “White Volta”
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