Black volta
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Black Volta Mouhoun; Upper course: Dienkoa |
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 The catchment area of the Volta with the Black Volta (middle left) |
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 Burkina Faso Ghana Ivory Coast Border Ivory Coast 
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| River system | Volta | |
| Drain over | Volta → Gulf of Guinea | |
| source | as Dienkoa in the Forêt classée de la Source du Mouhoun nature reserve , Burkina Faso 10 ° 51 ′ 24 ″ N , 4 ° 51 ′ 39 ″ W |
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| confluence | in Ghana with the White Volta (Nakambé) to the Volta Coordinates: 8 ° 38 ′ 55 ″ N , 0 ° 58 ′ 57 ″ W 8 ° 38 ′ 55 ″ N , 0 ° 58 ′ 57 ″ W
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| length | 1352 km | |
| Catchment area | 149,015 km² | |
| Discharge at the Bamboi gauge (1531100) A Eo : 134,200 km² Location: 220 km above the mouth |
NNQ (min. Month Ø) MNQ 1950–1974 MQ 1950–1974 Mq 1950–1974 MHQ 1950–1974 HHQ (max. Month Ø) |
2 m³ / s 30.5 m³ / s 263 m³ / s 2 l / (s km²) 919 m³ / s 2320 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Sourou , Laboni | |
| Right tributaries | Bougouriba , Grand Balé , Poni , Tain | |
 Mouhoun (Black Volta) near Dédougou |
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The Black Volta or Mouhoun is a river in western Africa and the longest headwaters of the Volta .
course
The river has its source in the west of Burkina Faso, in the Forêt classée de la Source du Mouhoun nature reserve between Orodara and Banfora , and has a length of 1352 km. It initially flows in a north-easterly direction to the mouth of the Sourou . There it changes its course to the southeast and almost 100 km further south. Only about 500 km further does it flow again in large loops to the east, where it unites with the White Volta . The confluence of the two rivers is now mostly, depending on the water level, in the Volta reservoir .
The catchment area of the Black Volta is given as 142,000 to 149,000 km², of which a good 90,000 km² is in Burkina Faso, about 7,000 km² in the Ivory Coast, a good 9,000 km² in Mali and the rest in Ghana.
Part of the border between Ghana and Ivory Coast and Ghana and Burkina Faso is formed by the Black Volta.
Tributaries
Tributaries of the Black Volta are: Sourou , Grand Balé , Bougouriba , Poni , Kamba, Kuon, Bekpong, Kule Dagare, Aruba, Pale, San, Gbalon, Chridi, Oyoko, Benchi, Chuco, Laboni and Tain .
Hydrometry
The flow rate of the Black Volta was measured over 24 years (1950–1974) in Bamboi about 220 kilometers upstream from the mouth (in m³ / s).
