Akosombo Hydroelectric Project | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 28/01/2019

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00:01:40 1 History
00:07:03 2 Design
00:08:41 3 Akosombo Power Station
00:09:23 4 Power distribution
00:10:29 5 Impacts
00:12:02 5.1 Biological habitat
00:13:21 5.2 Human welfare
00:14:46 5.3 Socioeconomics
00:16:26 5.4 Disease
00:17:51 5.5 Physical environment
00:19:10 6 See also



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The Akosombo Dam, also known as the Volta Dam, is a hydroelectric dam on the Volta River in southeastern Ghana in the Akosombo gorge and part of the Volta River Authority.  The construction of the dam flooded part of the Volta River Basin, and led to the subsequent creation of Lake Volta. Lake Volta is the largest man-made lake in the world by surface area. It covers 8,502 square kilometres (3,283 sq mi), which is 3.6% of Ghana's land area. With a volume of 148 cubic kilometers, Lake Volta is the world's third largest man-made lake by volume, the largest being Lake Kariba which is located between Zimbabwe and Zambia in Southern Africa and contains 185 cubic kilometers of water.The primary purpose of the Akosombo Dam was to provide electricity for the aluminium industry.  The Akosombo Dam was called "the largest single investment in the economic development plans of Ghana."  Its original electrical output was 912 megawatts (1,223,000 hp), which was upgraded to 1,020 megawatts (1,370,000 hp) in a retrofit project that was completed in 2006.The flooding that created the Lake Volta reservoir displaced many people and had a significant impact on the environment.