Tafkin Volta

**Tafkin Volta**, mafi girman tafkin ruwa a duniya wanda ya danganci yanki, yana ɗauke da bayan Madatsar ruwan Akosombo wanda ke samar da adadin wutar Ghana. Gaba ɗaya yana cikin ƙasar Ghana kuma yana da filin fili na murabba'in kilomita 8,502 (3,283 sq mi; kadada 2,101,000). Ya faro ne daga Akosombo a kudu zuwa arewacin kasar.

## Labarin kasa
Tafkin Volta ya ta'allaka ne da Firayim Meridian, kuma yana da digiri shida ne kawai daga arewacin *Equator*. Yankin tabkin da ke arewacin yana kusa da garin Yapei, kuma ƙarshen ƙarshen kudu yana a  Madatsar ruwan Akosombo, 520 kilomita (320 mi) zuwa ƙasa daga Yapei.  Madatsar ruwan Akosombo yana riƙe da Kogin White Volta da Kogin Black Volta, waɗanda a baya suka haɗu inda tsakiyar tafkin yake yanzu, ya zama guda Kogin Volta. Kogin Volta na yanzu yana gudana ne daga magudanan ruwa na madatsar ruwan da magudanan ruwa zuwa Tekun Atlantika a kudancin Ghana.

Manyan tsibiran dake cikin tabkin sune Dodi, *Dwarf*, da Kporve. Filin shakatawa na Digya yana kan wani ɓangare na gabar tekun yamma.

## Tarihi

Tafkin Madatsar ruwan Akosombo ne ya kirkiro shi, wanda asalinsa masanin ilimin kasa Albert Ernest Kitson ne ya yi tunanin shi a shekarar 1912, amma aikinsa kawai ya fara ne a shekarar 1961 tare da kammalawa a shekarar 1965. Saboda kafuwar tafkin Volta, kimanin mutum dubu 78,000 ne aka mayar da su sabbin garuruwa da kauyuka, tare da dabbobin su dubu 200 da suka mallaka. Kimanin gine-gine 120 ne aka lalata, ba tare da ƙananan gidaje ba, kuma sama da murabba'in mil 3,000 (7,800 km2) na yanki sun cika da ruwa.

## Tattalin arziki
Madatsar ruwan Akosombo ya samar da wutar lantarki mai karfin MW 912 ga kasar, da kuma fitar da shi zuwa Togo, Benin, da sauran kasashen da ke kusa don samun canjin kudaden waje. Tafkin Volta shima yana da mahimmanci don jigilar kayayyaki, yana samar da hanyar ruwa don jiragen ruwa da na jirgin ruwan dako. Tunda babbar tafki tana cikin yanki mai zafi, ruwan yana da dumi duk shekara zagaye. Idan aka ba da kyakkyawan kulawa, Tafkin Volta shine wurin da yawancin kifaye da manyan kifaye suka fi yawa.

Tafkin kuma yana jan hankalin masu yawon bude ido, kuma masu yawon shakatawa sun ziyarci tsibirin Dodi.

Abubuwan da suka faru kwanan nan sun haɗa da babban kamfani don girbar katako mai nutsarwa daga dazukan da ambaliyar ruwa ta mamaye ƙarƙashin Tafkin Volta. Wannan aikin yana girka katako mai tsananin darajar gaske ba tare da buƙatar ƙarin itace ko lalata gandun da ke akwai ba kuma, a cewar Wayne Dunn, "na iya samar da tushen mafi girma na tsirrai mai ɗumi na yanayi mai ɗorewa a duniya." Kamfanin mallakar ruwan karkashin kasa na kasar Ghana wanda ya mallaki kasar ta Ghana ya dukufa wajen samar da katako a kasuwar duniya, yayin da Flooring Solutions Ghana ta zama masu samar da katako na katako, ta hanyar amfani da itacen da ba safai ake samu daga Tafkin ba. Baya ga samar da kudaden kasashen waje ga yankin da rage dogaro da mazauna yankin kan kamun kifi a matsayin aikin tattalin arziki na farko, kawar da bishiyoyin da ke nitse yana inganta zirga-zirgar tafkin da kuma kara tsaro.

Kimanin yara dubu 7,000 zuwa 10,000 ke aiki a masana'antar kamun kifi a tafkin Volta. An bayyana yanayin aikin su a matsayin bautar a cikin *The Guardian* da kuma ta *CNN Freedom Project.* Wannan an bayyana shi a matsayin abin birgewa daga Betty Mensah da malamin makarantar Samuel Okyere tun da yawancin yara da matasa waɗanda aka ba iyayensu alawus dinsu gaban iyayensu sun girma sun zama masu dogaro da kamun kifi a cikin manya wanda su kuma suke ɗaukar yara da kansu don haka suma suna iya zama halin masu koyon aiki. Sun kammala, cewa yara da yawa na iya wahala a ƙarƙashin aiki mai amfani amma ba a bautar dasu ba.

## Hotuna

File:Ferry Lake Volta.jpg|Jirgin ruwa a tafkin Volta.
File:Lake Volta Ghana.jpg|Hoton Tafkin Volta.
File:Akosombo Port Signage.jpg|Alamar tashar Akosombo.
File:Volta-lake-ghosttree.jpg|Bishiyoyi a cikin Tafkin Volta.
File:Dodi Island (Dodi Princess) Dock − Lake Volta.jpg|Dock na Tsibirin Dodi tare da Dodi Princess.
File:Lake Volta 06.jpg


## Duba kuma

* Tafkin Kariba, babban tafki mafi girma a duniya.

## Manazarta


## Hanyoyin haɗin waje
* Tafkin Volta da Akosombo akan Ghanaweb.com
* Tafkin Volta, Gidan yanar gizon Kwamitin Muhalli na Kasa da Kasa
* BInciken zinare a yankin Volta&nbsp;— Manufar Babban Birnin Tarayyar Afirka na saka jari kan albarkatun ƙasa (bidiyo)
* Tafkin Volta &nbsp;— ƙarin bayani kan Ghana-Net.com