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3 unusual facts about Lake Volta


Icchampally Project

This is one of very few sites for locating huge storage reservoir in India similar to Aswan Dam (4600 tmc) in Egypt, Lake Volta (4200 tmc) in Ghana and Three Gorges Dam (1350 tmc) in China.

James Beament

In 1968, at the request of the Royal Society, Beament went to Ghana to advise that country's government on the effective utilization of Lake Volta.

Lake Volta

The lake also attracts tourism, and tourist cruises visit the island of Dodi.


Oil reserves in Ghana

The pipeline was to carry refined products from Tema to Akosombo Port, where they will be transported across Lake Volta to northern regions.


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