Ghana

Source: DD News

Context: Prime Minister of India will make a historic two-day state visit to Ghana, the first by an Indian PM in over three decades.

About Ghana:

• Location: Situated along the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa.

• Capital: Accra.

• Neighbouring Countries: Burkina Faso, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire, and Atlantic Ocea.

• Geological & Physical Features: Mountains & Plateaus:

• Mountains & Plateaus:

• Dominated by dissected Precambrian peneplains with elevations rarely exceeding 900 meters. Key mountain ranges: Akwapim-Togo Ranges in the east (Mount Afadjato – highest peak at 885 m). Kwahu Plateau and Gambaga Scarp form major uplands and escarpments.

• Dominated by dissected Precambrian peneplains with elevations rarely exceeding 900 meters.

• Dominated by dissected Precambrian peneplains with elevations rarely exceeding 900 meters.

• Key mountain ranges: Akwapim-Togo Ranges in the east (Mount Afadjato – highest peak at 885 m). Kwahu Plateau and Gambaga Scarp form major uplands and escarpments.

• Akwapim-Togo Ranges in the east (Mount Afadjato – highest peak at 885 m).

• Kwahu Plateau and Gambaga Scarp form major uplands and escarpments.

• Rivers & Lakes:

• Volta River System dominates the landscape: Lake Volta: One of the largest artificial lakes globally (8,500 sq. km), created by the Akosombo Dam. Major tributaries: Black Volta, White Volta, and Oti rivers. Other important rivers: Pra, Ankobra, Tano.

• Volta River System dominates the landscape: Lake Volta: One of the largest artificial lakes globally (8,500 sq. km), created by the Akosombo Dam. Major tributaries: Black Volta, White Volta, and Oti rivers. Other important rivers: Pra, Ankobra, Tano.

• Volta River System dominates the landscape: Lake Volta: One of the largest artificial lakes globally (8,500 sq. km), created by the Akosombo Dam. Major tributaries: Black Volta, White Volta, and Oti rivers.

• Lake Volta: One of the largest artificial lakes globally (8,500 sq. km), created by the Akosombo Dam.

• Major tributaries: Black Volta, White Volta, and Oti rivers.

• Other important rivers: Pra, Ankobra, Tano.

• Soil Types:

• Lateritic Soils: Common across the forest and savanna zones. Ochrosols: Fertile and well-drained soils found in forest and coastal regions—suitable for agriculture. Akuse Clays: Heavy tropical black earths ideal for irrigation-based farming. Vleisols and acidic gray earths dominate less fertile coastal savanna zones.

• Lateritic Soils: Common across the forest and savanna zones. Ochrosols: Fertile and well-drained soils found in forest and coastal regions—suitable for agriculture. Akuse Clays: Heavy tropical black earths ideal for irrigation-based farming. Vleisols and acidic gray earths dominate less fertile coastal savanna zones.

• Lateritic Soils: Common across the forest and savanna zones.

• Ochrosols: Fertile and well-drained soils found in forest and coastal regions—suitable for agriculture.

• Akuse Clays: Heavy tropical black earths ideal for irrigation-based farming.

• Vleisols and acidic gray earths dominate less fertile coastal savanna zones.