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Red Volta

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Red Volta or Nazinon (Volta rouge) is a waterway located in West Africa. It emerges near Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso and has a length of about 320 km at the end of which it joins the White Volta in Ghana. The river is primarily located in Burkina Faso and forms part of the international border between Burkina Faso and Ghana. It flows into Ghana's Upper East region and empties into the White Volta.

Flows through: Ghana.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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