FACTS ABOUT LAKE VOLTA
• Lake Volta is located completely within Ghana, West Africa.
• Lake Volta is the largest man-made lake in the world with a surface area of 3,275 square miles.
• Lake Volta is contained behind the Akosombo Dam, which provides electricity for the country of Ghana.
• When Lake Volta was completed in 1965-1966 the waters flooded the river valley of the Volta Region
• There are entire forests submerged just below the surface of Lake Volta.
• There are an estimated 7,000 - 10,000 child slaves who work in Lake Volta’s fishing industry.
On this map of Ghana, Lake Volta is the blue area surrounded
by land. Lake Volta is larger than the entire state of Delaware!
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Draw a picture of what you imagine it would
be like to visit Lake Volta in Ghana.