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    The Black Volta or Mouhoun is a river that flows through Burkina Faso for approximately 1,352 km (840 mi) to the White Volta in Dagbon, Ghana, the upper...
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    and empties into Lake Volta in Ghana. The White Volta's main tributaries are the Black Volta and the Red Volta. The White Volta is a major source of drinking...
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    The main parts of the river are the Black Volta, the White Volta, and the Red Volta. In the northwest, the Black Volta forms the international borders between...
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    the White Volta River and the Black Volta River, which formerly converged where the middle of the reservoir now lies, to form the single Volta River. The...
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    The Republic of Upper Volta (French: République de Haute-Volta) was a landlocked West African country established on 11 December 1958 as a self-governing...
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    Upper Volta indicates that the country contains the upper part of the Volta River. The river is divided into three parts, called the Black Volta, White...
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  • headstreams: White Volta Red Volta Black Volta Volta (crater), a crater on the Moon 8208 Volta, a main belt asteroid Volta (microarchitecture), the initial...
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    major tributaries of the Volta River, which flows south through the country: the Black Volta, the White Volta and the Red Volta. It is identical to the...
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    along the Gulf of Guinea. Ghana encompasses plains, low hills, rivers, Lake Volta, the world's largest artificial lake, Dodi Island and Bobowasi Island on...
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    French Colony of Upper Volta was named for its location on the upper courses of the Volta River (the Black, Red and White Volta). The northwestern part...
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    The Mars Volta is an American progressive rock band from El Paso, formed in 2001. The band's only constant members are Omar Rodríguez-López (guitar, producer...
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  • Volta Redonda Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Volta Redonda, is a Brazilian professional club based in Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro founded on...
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  • Volta River Angongwi Todzie River Lake Volta Afram River River Asukawkaw Oti River Mo River Atakora River Sene River Daka River Pru River Black Volta...
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    Ghana. Brong-Ahafo was bordered to the north by the Black Volta river and to the east by the Lake Volta, and to the south by the Ashanti, Eastern and Western...
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    Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso has three main rivers — the Black Volta, the Red Volta and the White Volta. Areas near rivers are affected by tsetse flies and...
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    focused on control of trade routes. They took over the region around the Black Volta to the north early during Seku's reign and to the south to Boule. In...
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  • what is now predominantly Bono East region. Located just south of the Black Volta river at the transitional zone between savanna and forest, the town was...
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    Volta–Congo is a major branch of the Atlantic–Congo family. It includes all the Niger-Congo languages and subfamilies except the families of the erstwhile...
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    Upper Volta to three rivers which cross it: the Black Volta (or Mouhoun), the White Volta (Nakambé) and the Red Volta (Nazinon). The Black Volta is one...
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  • limestone deposits, Buipe is the proposed location of cement works. The Black Volta, one of the most important rivers in the country passes through the town...
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    Akosombo Dam (redirect from Volta River Dam)
    also known as the Volta Dam, is a hydroelectric dam on the Volta River in southeastern Ghana in the Akosombo gorge and part of the Volta River Authority...
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    colonial days. It is located on the Pumpum river, a tributary of the Black Volta, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of the Kintampo municipality, on the...
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    Savannah Region, Ghana. The Black Volta forms the southern boundary of Central Gonja with Kintampo North District, and the White Volta flows north to south splitting...
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    Bui Dam (category Dams on the Volta River)
    400-megawatt (540,000 hp) hydroelectric project in Ghana. It is built on the Black Volta river at the Bui Gorge, at the southern end of Bui National Park. The...
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  • Naba'a reigned from 1552/3 to 1582/3. It is now northern Ghana, near the Black Volta and was founded by the Mande horsemen (c. 1600). Wilks,Ivor. Wangara...
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  • requests for European assistance. But it was Samori's crossing of the Black Volta with his eastern army, under the command of his son Sarankye-Moré, that...
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    National Park, which is 1,821-kilometer square and covers part of the Black Volta River, is endowed with several species of antelopes and a variety of...
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    border starts in the north at the tripoint with Burkina Faso on the Black Volta river, following this river southwards. The border then follows a straight...
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    globally out of 172 countries. The White Volta River and its tributary Black Volta, flow south through Ghana to Lake Volta, the world's third-largest reservoir...
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  • Songhai Empire (c. 1600), the Mande Ngbanya clan moved south, crossing the Black Volta and founding a city at Yagbum. The Gonja kingdom was originally divided...
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