Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Bia River
The Bia is a river that is situated primarily in Ghana and flows through Ghana and Ivory Coast, emptying into Aby Lagoon. A hydroelectric dam was built across the Bia at Ayamé
Ayamé is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast, near the border of Gh ...
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Tano River
The Tano or Tanoé River is a river in Ghana. It flows for 400 kilometres from a town called Traa a suburb of Techiman the capital town of Bono East Region of the Republic of Ghana to Ehy Lagoon, Tendo Lagoon and finally Aby Lagoon in Ivory Coast ...
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Nini River
The Nini is a river in south-western Ghana. It is one of the rivers for which the Nini-Suhien National Park (now incorporated into the Ankasa Conservation Area) was named. It flows into the Tano River
The Tano or Tanoé River is a river in Ghan ...
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Ankobra River
The Ankobra River is primarily situated in Ghana. Rising north east of Wiawso, it flows about south to the Gulf of Guinea. Its entire course is in south Ghana.
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Pra River Pra River may refer to:
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The Pra River is a river in Ghana, the easternmost and the largest of the three principal rivers that drain the area south of the Volta divide. Rising in the Kwahu Plateau near Mpraeso and flowing sout ...
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Ofin River
The Ofin River is an easterly-flowing waterway in Ghana. It flows through the Tano Ofin Reserve in Ghana's Atwima Mponua District.
The Ofin riverbed is 90 metres above mean sea level. The Ofin has cut steep side channels, average depth 12–15 m ...
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Birim River
The Birim River is one of the main tributaries of the Pra River in Ghana and the country's most important diamond-producing area, flowing through most of the width of the Eastern region. The river rises in the east of the Atewa Range, flows no ...
Ayensu River
Ayensu River is a river in Ghana. It discharges into Ouiba Lagoon, and is surrounded by the Winneba Wetlands. As early as 1939 there were plans to build a bridge along the river near Jahadzi. Geologically, Ayensuadzi-Brusheng Quartz Schists are fo ...
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Densu River
The Densu River is a 116 km long river in Ghana rising in the Atewa Range. It flows through an economically important agricultural region, supplies half the drinking water to Ghana's capital city of Accra, and ends in an ecologically signifi ...
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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. The main parts of the river are the Black Volta, the White Volta, and the Red Volta. In ...
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 ...
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Afram River
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. The river runs roughly in a southwe ...
Oti River
The Oti River or Pendjari River is an international river in West Africa. It rises in Benin, forms the border between Benin and Burkina Faso, flows through Togo, and joins the Volta River in Ghana.
Geography
The Oti River is about long. Its head ...
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Mo River
The Mo River is a river of Ghana and Togo, and it arises in Togo and flows west, forming a short part of the international boundary between Ghana and Togo. It empties into Lake Volta
Lake Volta, the largest artificial reservoir in the world base ...
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Atakora River
The Atakora River is a tributary of Lake Volta in Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with I ...
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Sene River
The Sene River is a river of Ghana. It flows through Sene District.
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Daka River
The Daka River is a river of Ghana. It flows through the northeastern part of the country and is one of the tributaries of the Lake Volta
Lake Volta, the largest artificial reservoir in the world based on surface area, is contained behind the Ak ...
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Pru River
The Pra River is a river of Ghana. The Pra River rises in the Ashanti, roughly west of Mampong
Mampong is a town in the Mampong Municipal of Ashanti and serves as the administrative capital of Mampong Municipal. Mampong has a population of ...
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Black Volta
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 end of Lake Volta. The source of the Black Volta is in the Cascades Region of Burki ...
(Mouhoun River)
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Tain River
Tain River is a river, which flows through Jaman North District of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. It is a tributary of the Black Volta
The Black Volta or Mouhoun is a river that flows through Burkina Faso for approximately 1,352 km (840 ...
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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 North Ghana and empties into Lake Volta in Ghana. The White Volta's main tributaries are the ...
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Kulpawn River
The Kulpawn River is one of the major rivers of northwestern Ghana, along with the Black Volta and Sisili Rivers. It flows through Wa Municipal District
Wa Municipal District is one of the eleven districts in Upper West Region, Ghana. Original ...
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Sisili River
The Sisili River is one of the major rivers of northwestern Ghana, along with the Black Volta and Kulpawn River
The Kulpawn River is one of the major rivers of northwestern Ghana, along with the Black Volta and Sisili Rivers. It flows through ...
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Red Volta
The Red Volta or Nazinon is a waterway flowing located in West Africa. It emerges near Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso and has a length of about 320 km which it joins the White Volta in Ghana.
The river is primarily located in Burkina Faso and ...
(Nazinon)
See also
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Geography of Ghana
Ghana is a West African country in Africa, 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 the south Atlantic Ocean coast of Ghana. Gha ...
Countries Studies, U.S. Library of Congress, Accessed 2010-07-04
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Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...