Akosombo Dam

The Akosombo Dam, additionally referred to as the Volta Dam, is a hydroelectric dam on the Volta River in southeastern Ghana in the Akosombo gorge and a part of the Volta River Authority. The production of the dam flooded a part of the Volta River Basin, and led to the following introduction of Lake Volta.

The flooding that created the Lake Volta reservoir displaced many people and had a significant effect on the local surroundings. Lake Volta is the biggest guy-made lake inside the world by means of surface location. It covers 8,502 square kilometres, that is 3.6% of Ghana's land area. With a quantity of 148 cubic kilometers, Lake Volta is the world's 4th biggest guy-made lake with the aid of quantity, the biggest being Lake Kariba that's positioned between Zimbabwe and Zambia in Southern Africa and contains 185 cubic kilometers of water. The dam changed into conceived in 1915 by geologist Albert Ernest Kitson, however no plans were drawn till the Forties.