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Black Volta River

LC control no.sh2007005750
Geographic headingBlack Volta River
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Geographic subdivision usageBlack Volta River
Variant(s)Mouhoun River
Volta Noire River
See alsoRivers--Burkina Faso
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Rivers--Côte d'Ivoire
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Rivers--Ghana
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Found inWork cat.: gs 58000055: Gay, L.O. The geology of the Bui hydro-electric project, 1956.
GEOnet, July 25, 2007 (Black Volta, Ghana, Mouhoun, Burkina Faso, Volta Noire, Ivory Coast, stm, 08⁰41ʹN 1⁰33ʹW)
Britannica Micro. (Black Volta River: French Volta Noire, also called (in Burkina Faso) Mouhoun, river in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire, headstream of the Volta River in western Africa. From its source in Burkina Faso the Black Volta flows roughly north and east for about 200 miles and then turns to flow south for 340 miles forming the border between Ghana and Burkina Faso and then between Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire.)
Old catalog heading (Black Volta River)