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Volta Basin Facts

Basin Area: 411203 411,203 km² <br />158,724.358 mi² <br /> km2
Average Discharge: 33748.78533,748.785 m³/s <br />1,191,827.094 cfs <br />1,065.01 km³/y <br /> m3/s
Type:watershed or basin, river or creek

Includes Riparians: Burkina Faso; Benin; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Mali;

Togo;
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The Volta Basin is located in Western Africa.


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== Riparians == == Water Features ==

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Facts about Included Riparians

RiparianPopulation in BasinArea within Basin in sq. kmIrrigated Lands within Basin in sq kmAverage Discharge in cubic m per second
Togo1.839 million1,839,000 people <br />25,845 km²9,978.81 mi² <br />0 km²0 mi² <br />1,584.45 m³/s55,954.324 cfs <br />50 km³/y <br />
Ghana8.286 million8,286,000 people <br />165,106 km²63,747.783 mi² <br />1,700 km²656.374 mi² <br />31,689 m³/s1,119,086.473 cfs <br />1,000.01 km³/y <br />
Burkina Faso11.159 million11,159,000 people <br />173,141 km²66,850.114 mi² <br />0 km²0 mi² <br />
Mali0.622 million621,700 people <br />18,752 km²7,240.188 mi² <br />0 km²0 mi² <br />95.067 m³/s3,357.259 cfs <br />3 km³/y <br />
Ivory Coast0.288 million287,700 people <br />13,363 km²5,159.483 mi² <br />0 km²0 mi² <br />63.378 m³/s2,238.173 cfs <br />2 km³/y <br />
Benin0.601 million601,100 people <br />14,996 km²5,789.988 mi² <br />200 km²77.22 mi² <br />316.89 m³/s11,190.865 cfs <br />10 km³/y <br />
  1. ^ Oregon State University.Transboundary Freshwater Spatial Database Entry for "Volta Basin" Accessed August 15 2014 online:http://ocid.nacse.org/tfdd/map/result.php?bcode=VOLT