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fiogf49gjkf0d GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
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GHANA IS SITUATED IN WESTERN AFRICA AND COVERS AN AREA OF
APPROXIMATELY 236,000 SQ.KM. IT IS BORDERED BY TOGO TO THE
EAST, BURKINA FASO TO THE NORTH AND THE IVORY COAST TO THE
WEST. ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE IT IS SURROUNDED BY THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN AND FACES THE GULF OF GUINEA.
THE COUNTRY IS BUILT ON ROCK FORMATIONS AND IS MOSTLY
LOWLAND WITH HEIGHTS RARELY EXCEED 900M. MOUNT AFAJATO IS
GHANA'S HIGHEST PEAK AT 872M. ALONG SOME COASTAL AND
INLAND PLAINS YOU WILL FIND SOME ROCKY HIGHLANDS KNOWN AS
INSELBERGS. THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE COUNTRY IS DISSECTED
BY PLATEAU LANDS: AND A SCARP EXTENDING NORTH TO SOUTH FOR
APPROXIMATELY 200KM.
THE ANKOBRA, OJIN, PRA, BLACK AND WHITE VOLTA RIVERS FLOW
INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND ARE PART OF THE MAIN DRAINAGE
SYSTEM. LAKE VOLTA AND LAKE BOSUMTWI ARE THE TWO MOST
IMPOTENT LAKES IN THE COUNTRY. LAKE VOLTA IS ONE OF THE
WORLD'S LARGEST MAN MADE LAKES AND LAKE BOSUMTWI IS A LAND
LOCKED LAKE SITUATED IN THE ASHANTI HEARTLAND.
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