HydroLAKES lake · #156
Volta
Surface area
6 045,16km²
Avg depth
24,5m
Volume
148 000km³
Shoreline
5 492,3km
Administrative coverage
26 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Kwahu Afram Plains NorthEastern · Ghana1058.32 km²17.6% of lake
- Krachi EastOti · Ghana993.51 km²16.5% of lake
- Sene EastBono East · Ghana775.92 km²12.9% of lake
- Kwahu Afram Plains SouthEastern · Ghana476.47 km²7.9% of lake
- North East GonjaSavannah · Ghana383.80 km²6.4% of lake
- BiakoyeOti · Ghana325.63 km²5.4% of lake
4 intersecting protected areas
Digya
IUCN IINational Park
4.39 km² overlap
Dede
IUCN IVForest Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
Yongwa
IUCN IIIForest Reserve
0.22 km² overlap
Kpandu Range (Dayi Block)
IUCN VIForest Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
856 distinct species · 4 841 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Volta : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 34 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
6 045,16km²
Avg depth
24,5m
Volume
148 000,000km³
Watershed
404 375km²
Shoreline
5 492,3km
Shore dev. idx
19,93
Residence time
1 249days
Elevation
75m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.