White volta
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White Volta Nakambé |
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 The White Volta in the Volta catchment area (middle) |
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 Burkina Faso Ghana
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| River system | Volta | |
| Drain over | Volta → Gulf of Guinea | |
| source | east of Ouahigouya , Burkina Faso 13 ° 57 ′ 6 ″ N , 2 ° 4 ′ 34 ″ W |
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| confluence | in Ghana with the Black Volta (Mouhoun) to the Volta Coordinates: 8 ° 38 ′ 55 ″ N , 0 ° 58 ′ 57 ″ W 8 ° 38 ′ 55 ″ N , 0 ° 58 ′ 57 ″ W
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| Catchment area | 104,749 km² | |
| Discharge at the Nawuni gauge (1531450) A Eo : 92,950 km² Location: 200 km above the mouth |
NNQ (min. Month Ø) MNQ 1953–1974 MQ 1953–1974 Mq 1953–1974 MHQ 1953–1974 HHQ (max. Month Ø) |
1 m³ / s 3.2 m³ / s 249 m³ / s 2.7 l / (s km²) 1350 m³ / s 1900 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Nasia | |
| Right tributaries | Red Volta (Nazinon), Kulpawn | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Bagré reservoir , Ziga reservoir | |
 The White Volta east of Ouagadougou |
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The White Volta or Nakambé is a river in western Africa and one of the headwaters of the Volta .
course
The river has its source in Burkina Faso, east of Ouahigouya and is about 900 km long. In the south of Burkina Faso, near Zabré , it is dammed up to form the Bagré reservoir . It unites with the Black Volta to form the Volta . The confluence of the two rivers is now, depending on the water level, in the Volta reservoir .
The catchment area is divided roughly halfway between Ghana and Burkina Faso. A very small part is fed from Togo by its tributary Morago .
Tributaries
Tributaries of the White Volta: Massili , Red Volta (Nazinon), Asibilika , Kulpawn , Nasia , Naboko , Mole
Hydrometry
The flow rate of the White Volta was measured over 31 years (1953–1974) in Nawuni about 200 kilometers upstream from the mouth (in m³ / s).
