Black Volta

Summary

Black Volta is a river^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Black Volta is in the country of Burkina Faso^[3].
• Black Volta is in the country of Ivory Coast^[4].
• Black Volta is in the country of Ghana^[5].
• Black Volta's image is recorded as Mouhoun near Dedougou MS 2234.jpg^[6].
• Black Volta's continent is recorded as Africa^[7].
• Black Volta's instance of is recorded as river^[8].
• Black Volta's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 3329148574307924430005^[9].
• Black Volta's locator map image is recorded as Volta river black white red descriptions.PNG^[10].
• Black Volta's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2007005750^[11].
• Black Volta's Commons category is recorded as Black Volta River^[12].
• Black Volta's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1205524^[13].
• Black Volta's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Volta River^[14].
• Black Volta's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 8.6775, 'lon': -1.0091666666667}^[15].
• Black Volta's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 11.311138888889, 'lon': -4.8176666666667}^[16].
• Black Volta's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 8.65, 'lon': -0.985}^[17].
• Black Volta's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 8.64959, 'lon': -0.98431}^[18].
• Black Volta's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yvfy^[19].
• Black Volta's tributary is recorded as Laboni^[20].
• Black Volta's tributary is recorded as Tain^[21].
• Black Volta's category for the water basin is recorded as Q21473949^[22].
• Black Volta's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0516558^[23].
• Black Volta's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Black-Volta-River^[24].
• Black Volta's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2353927^[25].
• Black Volta's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7000494^[26].
• Black Volta's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1352'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Burkina Faso^[3], a sovereign state^[28], in Burkina Faso^[29], founded in 1960^[30]; Ivory Coast^[4], a sovereign state^[31], in Ivory Coast^[32], founded in 1960^[33]; and Ghana^[5], a sovereign state^[34], in Portuguese Empire^[35], founded in 1957^[36]. Black Volta's continent is recorded as Africa^[7].

Physical Characteristics

Black Volta's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+75'}^[37]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1352'}^[27].

Designation and Status

Black Volta's instance of is recorded as river^[8].

Why It Matters

Black Volta ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]