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Ghana encompasses plains, low hills, rivers, Lake Volta, the world's largest artificial lake, Dodi Island and Bobowasi Island on the south Atlantic Ocean coast of Ghana. Ghana can be divided into four different geographical ecoregions. The coastline is mostly a low, sandy shore backed by plains and scrub and intersected by several rivers and ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Ghana: Ghana – sovereign country in West Africa in Africa. [1] The word "Ghana" means "Warrior King", [2] and was the source of the name "Guinea" (via French Guinoye) used to refer to the West African coast (as in Gulf of Guinea).
Ghana has museums that are situated inside castles, and two are situated inside a fort. [246] The Military Museum and the National Museum organise temporary exhibitions. [246] Ghana has museums that allow an in-depth look at specific regions, with a number of museums providing insight into the traditions and history of the geographical areas. [246]
Paleoproterozoic rock units belonging to Birimian Supergroup, common across West Africa, dominate northwest and southwest Ghana. The Birimian Supergroup has two units, one a succession of sedimentary rocks including phyllite, tuff and greywacke overlain by conglomerate, sandstone and shale and the other a volcanic tholeiitic magma series.
Ghana geography stubs (7 C, 315 P) Pages in category "Geography of Ghana" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect ...
Mountain ranges of Ghana (3 P) Mountains of Ghana (6 P) W. Waterfalls of Ghana (10 P) Wetlands of Ghana (1 C) Pages in category "Landforms of Ghana"
The Birim River basin lies in the Man Shield area of the West African craton, which has been overlaid by Early Proterozoic metasedimentary Birimian rocks. These rocks appear to have originated in mid-oceanic arcs of volcanoes, which formed a crust that collided with and rode over the Man shield portion of the West African Craton and was compressed to form a series of folds generally trending ...
This is a list of rivers in Ghana. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.