Ecosystem Reference
Ecosystem Volta
Type River (basin)
Salinity freshwater
Other Names
Location
West Africa 15° N 5° N - 6° W 3° E
Location Map E_CODE 72_mod.jpg
Size Ref
River Length 1600 km Area Drainage Area 379000
Depth
Average Depth Max Depth Ref
Temperature
Surface
100 Meters Depth
Description Includes Lake Volta (Ghana), Volta River (Ghana), Red Volta (Burkina Faso), White Volta (Burkina Faso and Ghana) and Black Volta (Burkina Faso, Ghana & Côte d'Ivoire) (Ref. 28192). Ref. 2914 includes Togo in the Volta system. In FishBase further divided in the Volta Delta, Lake Volta and the rivers Oti, White Volta and Black Volta.
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Total
FishBase Literature
Species Families Species Families Reference
173 33 132 32 30553
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