Rivers

◄ Ghana is drained by the Volta, South-Western and Coastal Rivers Systems covering 70%, 22% and 8% respectively of the total area of the country.

• The Volta River System comprises the White, Black and Red Volta and Oti Rivers.

• The South-Western Rivers System comprises the Bia, Tano, Ankobra and Pra Rivers.

• The Coastal Rivers System comprises the Kakum/Bruku, Ochi-Nakwa, Ayensu, Densu, Odaw and Tordzie/Aka Rivers.

Ghana shares the Volta River basin with Burkina Faso, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire and Mali. It also shares the Bia and Tano River basins with Cote d’Ivoire.

Source: Ghana Maritime Authority, Profile of Major Rivers in Ghana

The courses of the rivers are greatly influenced by extensive ranges of hills, scarps & mountains, two of which meet at the most southerly point of the Volta Lake where the Akosombo Dam is situated, from which:

• The Ghana-Togo mountain range extends to the north-north-east, crossing the Togo border east of Hohoe.

• The Kwahu Plateau extends north-west, becoming the Mampong Scarp north of Kumasi, and progressively less dramatically reaching Côte d'Ivoire border west of Sunyani.

• The Akuapem Ridge stretches south-south-west to Pokuase, about 20km north-north-west of Accra.