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White Volta

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White Vol·ta  (vlt, vl-, vôl-)
A river of Burkina Faso and northern Ghana flowing about 640 km (400 mi) southward to join the Black Volta and form the Volta River.

White Volta
n
(Placename) a river in W Africa, rising in N Burkina-Faso flowing southwest and south to join the Black Volta in central Ghana and form the Volta River. Length: about 885 km (550 miles)


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Among the other smaller hydro schemes that are planned are the Ankobra, Pra, Tano and White Volta projects.
Two items in Paragraph 286 of his last annual address to the Legislative Council of the Gold Coast were of particular value in view of later developments: the assessment of the dry-season flow of the Black and White Volta Rivers and their potential for hydro-electric power and the testing of bauxite.
Private Rhian Davies, from Maesteg, will be part of a British Army team attempting to complete a 650-mile journey down the crocodile- infested White Volta River.
 
 
 
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