The Afram River is a river in
Ghana. Prior to the construction of the
Akosombo Dam in the 1960s, the Afram is a principal tributary of the
Volta River and today is an equally important tributary of
Lake Volta
Lake Volta, the largest artificial reservoir in the world based on surface area, is contained behind the Akosombo Dam which generates a substantial amount of Ghana's electricity. It is completely within the country of Ghana and has a surface area ...
. The river runs roughly in a southwesterly direction. It collects all the drainage of the
Kwahu Plateau
The Kwahu Plateau is a long plateau in southern Ghana. It consists of the uplifted southern edge of the Volta River Basin. It forms the main watershed of Ghana, separating rivers in the Volta River system from rivers in the western half of Ghana ...
.
[Afram Kwawu](_blank)
Accessed August 3, 2012.
References
Rivers of Ghana
Volta River
Lake Volta
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