Volta River

The Volta River is the main river system in the country of . It flows south into Ghana from the Bobo-Dioulasso highlands of .
Wikipedia
Photo: Siyajkak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river system in West Africa
  • Also known as: “Amo River”, “Mto Volta”, “Nakanbe”, “Rijeka Volta”, “River Volta”, “Volta ibaia”, “Volta-joki”, “Voltafljót”, “نهر الفولتا”, “வோல்ட்டா ஆறு”, “ボルタ川”, and “伏塔河”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ada Foah and Anyanui.

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is a town on the southeast coast of , where the Volta River meets the Atlantic Ocean.

Town
Photo: Gina Gleeson, CC BY 2.0.
is a village in , Ghana. is situated 6 km east of Volta River.

Town
is a town in the , a district in the of . is situated 8 km northwest of Volta River.

Volta River

Latitude
5.77385° or 5° 46′ 26″ north
Longitude
0.67201° or 0° 40′ 19″ east
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
6FQ2QMFC+GR
Geo­Names ID
2294237
Wiki­data ID
Q192415
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Volta River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Voltarivier”
  • Arabic: “نهر فولتا”
  • Armenian: “Վոլտա”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Volta”
  • Azerbaijani: “Volta çayı”
  • Basque: “Volta”
  • Belarusian: “Вольта”
  • Bengali: “ভোল্টা নদী”
  • Breton: “Volta”
  • Bulgarian: “Волта”
  • Catalan: “Riu Volta”
  • Cebuano: “Volta”
  • Chinese: “沃尔特河”
  • Chinese: “沃爾特河”
  • Chuvash: “Вольта”
  • Croatian: “Volta”
  • Czech: “Volta”
  • Dagbani: “Volta mɔɣili”
  • Danish: “Volta”
  • Dutch: “Volta”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر فولتا”
  • Esperanto: “Voltao”
  • Finnish: “Volta”
  • French: “Volta”
  • Galician: “Río Volta”
  • Georgian: “ვოლტა”
  • German: “Volta”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Volta River”
  • Greek: “Βόλτα”
  • Hausa: “Kogin Volta”
  • Hebrew: “וולטה”
  • Hindi: “वोल्टा नदी”
  • Hungarian: “Volta”
  • Icelandic: “Volta”
  • Ido: “Fluvio Volta”
  • Igbo: “Osimiri Volta”
  • Indonesian: “Sungai Volta”
  • Irish: “An Volta”
  • Italian: “Volta”
  • Japanese: “ヴォルタ川”
  • Kazakh: “Вольта”
  • Kirghiz: “Bольта дарыясы”
  • Kirghiz: “Вольта”
  • Korean: “볼타강”
  • Latin: “Volta”
  • Latvian: “Volta (upe)”
  • Latvian: “Volta”
  • Lithuanian: “Volta”
  • Macedonian: “Волта”
  • Malagasy: “Volta (ony)”
  • Malagasy: “Volta”
  • Malayalam: “വോൾട്ട നദി”
  • Mingrelian: “ვოლტა (წყარმალუ)”
  • Mingrelian: “ვოლტა”
  • Northern Frisian: “Volta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Volta”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Voltaelva”
  • Norwegian: “Volta”
  • Panjabi: “ਵੋਲਟਾ ਦਰਿਆ”
  • Persian: “رود ولتا”
  • Polish: “Wolta”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Volta”
  • Romanian: “Fluviul Volta”
  • Romanian: “Volta”
  • Russian: “Вольта”
  • Serbian: “Volta”
  • Serbian: “Волта”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Volta”
  • Silesian: “Wolta”
  • Slovenian: “Volta”
  • Somali: “Webiga Volta”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ولتا چایی”
  • Spanish: “Río Volta”
  • Swahili: “Volta”
  • Swedish: “Volta”
  • Tamil: “வோல்ற்றா ஆறு”
  • Thai: “แม่น้ำวอลตา”
  • Turkish: “Volta Nehri”
  • Twi: “Volta River”
  • Ukrainian: “Вольта”
  • Urdu: “دریائے وولٹا”
  • Uzbek: “Volta”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Volta”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông Volta”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salog Volta”
  • Welsh: “Afon Volta”
  • Wu Chinese: “沃尔特河”

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Places to explore: Aholupu and Adewuke.

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