Volta River
The Volta River is the main river system in the West African country of Ghana. It flows south into Ghana from the Bobo-Dioulasso highlands of Burkina Faso.
- Stream
- Description: river system in West Africa
- Also known as“Amo River”“River Volta”“Volta”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ada Foah and Anyanui.
Anyanui
Anyanui is a village in Keta Municipal District, Ghana.
6 km east of Volta River
Big Ada
Town
Big Ada is a town in the Ada East District, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
8 km northwest of Volta River
Volta River
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Latitude
5.77385° or 5° 46′ 26″ north
Longitude
0.67201° or 0° 40′ 19″ east
Open location code
6FQ2QMFC+GR
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Volta River” goes by many names.
VoltarivierAfrikaans
نهر الفولتاArabic
نهر فولتاArabic
ՎոլտաArmenian
Ríu VoltaAsturian
Volta çayıAzerbaijani
VoltaBasque
Volta ibaiaBasque
ВольтаBelarusian
ভোল্টা নদীBengali
VoltaBreton
ВолтаBulgarian
Riu VoltaCatalan
VoltaCebuano
伏塔河Chinese
沃尔特河Chinese
沃爾特河Chinese
ВольтаChuvash
Rijeka VoltaCroatian
VoltaCroatian
VoltaCzech
Volta mɔɣiliDagbani
VoltaDanish
VoltaDutch
نهر فولتاEgyptian Arabic
VoltaoEsperanto
VoltaFinnish
Volta-jokiFinnish
Río VoltaGalician
ვოლტაGeorgian
River VoltaGhanaian Pidgin English
Volta RiverGhanaian Pidgin English
ΒόλταGreek
Kogin VoltaHausa
וולטהHebrew
वोल्टा नदीHindi
VoltaHungarian
VoltaIcelandic
VoltafljótIcelandic
Fluvio VoltaIdo
Osimiri VoltaIgbo
Sungai VoltaIndonesian
An VoltaIrish
Fiume VoltaItalian
VoltaItalian
ヴォルタ川Japanese
ボルタ川Japanese
ВольтаKazakh
Bольта дарыясыKirghiz
ВольтаKirghiz
볼타강Korean
VoltaLatin
VoltaLatvian
Volta (upe)Latvian
VoltaLithuanian
ВолтаMacedonian
VoltaMalagasy
Volta (ony)Malagasy
വോൾട്ട നദിMalayalam
ვოლტაMingrelian
ვოლტა (წყარმალუ)Mingrelian
VoltaNorthern Frisian
VoltaNorwegian
VoltaNorwegian Bokmål
VoltaelvaNorwegian Nynorsk
ਵੋਲਟਾ ਦਰਿਆPanjabi
رود ولتاPersian
WoltaPolish
Fluviul VoltaRomanian
Rio VoltaRomanian
VoltaRomanian
ВольтаRussian
VoltaSerbian
ВолтаSerbian
VoltaSerbo-Croatian
WoltaSilesian
NakanbeSlovenian
VoltaSlovenian
Webiga VoltaSomali
ولتا چاییSouth Azerbaijani
Mto VoltaSwahili
VoltaSwahili
VoltaSwedish
வோல்ட்டா ஆறுTamil
வோல்ற்றா ஆறுTamil
แม่น้ำวอลตาThai
Volta NehriTurkish
Volta RiverTwi
ВольтаUkrainian
دریائے وولٹاUrdu
VoltaUzbek
Fiume VoltaVenetian
Sông VoltaVietnamese
VoltaVietnamese
Salog VoltaWaray (Philippines)
Afon VoltaWelsh
沃尔特河Wu Chinese
Localities in the Area
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