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	GOLD COAST - LoveToKnow Article on GOLD COAST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The chief rivers are the Volta (q.v.), the Ankobra and the Prah.
		At the mouths of the rivers and along the lagoons the mangrove is the characteristic tree.
		Sharks abound at the mouths of all the rivers, edible turtle are fairly common, as are the sword fish, dolphin and sting ray (with poisonous caudal spine).
	51.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GO/GOLD_COAST.htm (6900 words)

	Directory of RivDIS data
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	www.daac.ornl.gov /rivdis/STATIONS.HTM (11244 words)

	Ghana - GEOGRAPHY
		Shifting cultivation is the usual agricultural practice because of the swampy nature of the very lowlying areas during the rainy seasons and the periodic blocking of the rivers at the coast by sandbars that form lagoons.
		The upper section of the Pra River Basin, to the west of the Densu, is relatively flat; the topography of its lower reaches, however, resembles that of the Densu Basin and is a rich cocoa and food-producing region.
		The Ankobra River Basin and the middle and lower basins of the Tano River to the west of the lowlands form the largest subdivision of the Akan Lowlands.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/ghana/GEOGRAPHY.html (3350 words)

	WORLD ENCYCLOPAEDIA - Ghana - Rivers and Lakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Before their confluence was submerged, the rivers came together in the middle of the country to form the main Volta River.
		The Oti River and the Daka River, the principal tributaries of the Volta in the eastern part of the country, and the Pru River, the Sene River, and the Afram River, major tributaries to the north of the Kawhu Plateau, also empty into flooded extensions of the lake in their river valleys.
		The Tano, which is the westernmost of the three rivers, rises near Techiman in the center of the country.
	encyclopaedic.net /world/ghana/30.php (951 words)

	Ghana - Rivers and Lakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		To the south of the divide are several smaller, independent rivers.
		The Ankobra and Tano are navigable for considerable distances in their lower reaches.
		The Pra is the easternmost and the largest of the three principal rivers that drain the area south of the Volta divide.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-5223.html (818 words)

	Cobra Verde - Ghana - holiday - hotels - Ankobra
		Ankobra Beach is something special for the people who are seeking, besides relaxation, an encounter with African culture and the ordinary life of Ghana.
		After a short walk we reach the neighbouring village of Ankobra, from where the trip by dug-out on the Ankobra River to the land interior begins.
		It lies between the small rivers Nini and Suhien and borders the 359 km² larger secondary forest of Ankasa.
	www.ghana-travel.com /ghana/holiday/ankobra.htm (739 words)

	Tano River -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Its chief tributaries are the Mansi and the Bonsa rivers, and much of its basin is shared with the Tano River to the west.
		Rivers are also a principal natural force in shaping land surfaces.
		The principal tributary of the Paraná River, the Paraguay is the fifth largest river in South America.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9071202 (755 words)

	What's At Stake: Tell Golden Star Resources to Respect Human Rights in Ghana
		On October 23, 2004, a tailings dam of BGL spilled cyanide into Apepra Stream, a tributary of River Ankobra, which is the drinking water source for the Dumase community.
		Less than three months later, on January 11, 2005, WGL spilled cyanide into the River Kubekro, which flows into the River Pra and is a source of drinking water for communities living in and around Sekondi.
		One of the chief concerns of the Dumase community is that BGL operations have polluted six rivers that were a source of drinking water and fish.
	actionnetwork.org /campaign/bogoso/explanation (960 words)

	MSN Encarta - Ghana
		Drawing on tradition, the new state took its name from that of the medieval empire of Ghana, on the upper Niger River, several hundred miles to the northwest of modern Ghana.
		The country’s main river is the Volta, which is formed in the center of the country by the confluence of the Black Volta and the White Volta.
		Ghana’s rivers are navigable only by small crafts, with the exception of the Volta.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761570799/Ghana.html (753 words)

	Ankobra River -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		It comprises the uplifted southern edge of the Volta River basin and extends for 160 miles (260 km) northwest-southeast from Wenchi to Koforidua.
		It forms the main watershed of Ghana, separating rivers in the western half of Ghana that flow due south to the Atlantic Ocean (Birim, Pra, Ankobra) from those of the Volta system (Afram, Pru, Sene) in...
		One of the major rivers of Central Africa, the Ubangi is the largest right-bank tributary of the Congo, or Zaire, River.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9355420 (711 words)

	General News of Sunday, 24 October 2004
		The GNA could not reach the Acting General Manager and none of the workers of the Company was ready to talk.
		Other communities in the concession of the company perceive their rivers as polluted by the operations of the company.
		We must recognise that community lives are physically, economically, emotionally and spiritually bound to their rivers.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=68407 (978 words)

	Business News of Tuesday, 20 May 2003
		The Ankobra River serves communities such as Mayem, Nsuaem, Wiawso and Tumantu in the Nzema East District.
		He said apart from using mercury and other chemicals to pollute the Ankobra River, the workers of the company dumped human and other waste into the river.
		The minister said the action of the company poses grave danger to the health of the communities which depend on the Ankobra River as their source of drinking water.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/economy/artikel.php?ID=36646 (200 words)

	Search Results for mansi - Encyclopædia Britannica
		Widely dispersed along the Ob River and its tributaries, the so-called Ob-Ugric peoples, the Khanty and the Mansi, are among the least demographically significant of the Finno-Ugric groups.
		Situated on the Irtysh River near its confluence...
		Incorporated in 1965, Surgut is one of the main administrative and supply centres of the...
	www.britannica.com /search?query=mansi&submit=Find&source=MWTAB (325 words)

	Ghana
		Gold is found in several regions of West Africa, including the headwaters of the Niger River and the forest zone of modern Ghana.
		According to tradition, most present-day Ghanaians are descended not from the area's earliest inhabitants but from various migrant groups, the first of which probably came down the Volta River in the early thirteenth century.
		Later attempts to negotiate a settlement of the conflict with the British were rejected by the commander of their forces, Major General Sir Garnet Wolseley.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/ghana/all.html (18966 words)

	Winne.com - Report on Ghana, Enhancing Trade and Accruing Investment
		The highlands to the east and west of the Volta Basin are characterised by a high number of waterfalls, most famously the Wli Falls near Hohoe, reputedly the highest waterfall in West Africa.
		The Coastal area of Ghana consists of plains and numerous lagoons near the estuaries of rivers.
		The Volta River basin dominates the country’s 8,480 square kilometres.
	www.winne.com /ghana4/bf03.html (2535 words)

	Waterways. The World Factbook. 2003
		note: traditional trade carried on by means of shallow-draft dugouts; Oubangui is the most important river, navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 m or less; 282 km navigable to craft drawing as much as 1.8 m
		980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons)
		note: Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km, respectively
	www.bartleby.com /151/fields/114.html (1096 words)

	From Guyana to Ghana: disaster follows the Golden Star (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The spillage was from the new tailings dam of the company into river Aprepre and other rivers including Egya Nsiah, Benya and Manse.
		Residents of some communities on the concession of BGL had to voluntarily abandon their cocoa farms and other properties and relocated to other communities because the company was insensitive to their complaints about cyanide spillages and the effects of the old tailings dam.
		Unfortunately, there had been attempts by the mining industry and their allies to downplay the effects of cyanide spillages and to create the impression that because cyanide degrades with time, its effects last for only some few hours in rivers.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press463.htm (1291 words)

	Geography
		Other major waterways are the Volta River, Black Volta River, White Volta River, Oti, Afram, Tano, Pra, Ankobra, and the Densu Rivers.
		Ghana's coastal regions are dotted with sandy beaches alternating with steep rocky bluffs and coconut trees surrounding dense tropical growth.
		Many rivers empty into the ocean and one can see large, brightly painted canoes in lagoons, rivers, bays and ocean.
	www.lehigh.edu /~tqr0/ghanaweb/geography.html (329 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I:IS Executive Summary The Volta River Authority (VRA), proposes to construct a new 161 KV Power Transmission Line from Prestea in the Western Region to Obuasi in the Ashanti Region in order to enhance the power carrying capacity of the transmission network in the western segment of Ghana.
		The major river system in the area is the Ankobra, with a catchliient of 8,550 sq.
		Water: Rivers and streams are the main sources of water for the majority of the population.
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	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Rivers and streams on the various conces- Page 18 EFFECTS OF SNALL SCALE ZIIII6 ACTIVITIES ON WEHEATIM sions, with thu exception of River Ankbral, worm not polluted by chemicals as nonm are used at the site.
		The Ankobra River has buan highly pollutud by slimes and waste from the Prastea Goldfilds.
		The: river is used by the inhabitants for washing and drinking.
	www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/1993/01/01/000009265_3970702135502/Rendered/INDEX/multi_page.txt (9157 words)

	www.ghana.co.uk - History & Culture
		Half of the country lies less than 152 meters (500 ft.) above sea level, and the highest point is 883 meters (2,900 ft.).
		The 537-kilometer (334-mi.) coastline is mostly a low, sandy shore backed by plains and scrub and intersected by several rivers and streams, most of which are navigable only by canoe.
		A tropical rain forest belt, broken by heavily forested hills and many streams and rivers, extends northward from the shore, near the Cote d'Ivoire frontier.
	www.ghana.co.uk /history/history/land_and_people_transport.htm (490 words)

	Chapter 8: Palm diseases
		Almost all the coconut plantings on the coast, between the Ankobra River and Takoradi, were devastated in twenty years (Fig.
		To the north of this coastal strip, there are many generally small foci, particularly north of Takoradi, where the coconut plantings look likely to die out.
		To the west, the natural barrier formed by the Ankobra River was probably crossed in 1994, with two foci around a dozen kilometres apart.
	www.plantapalm.com /vpe/pestsndiseases/vpe_coconutly2.htm (2187 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On their arrival, they found so much gold between the River Ankobra and the Volta and subsequently named it “da Mina”, meaning The Mine.
		In 1482, the first castle was built in the Gold Coast by the Portuguese at Elmina.
		In 1874, an army under Sir Garnet Wolseley crossed the Pra River into the Asante territory.
	www.info-ghana.com /history.htm (1352 words)

	Africa and Slavery 1500-1800 by Sanderson Beck
		The English built Fort St. James at the mouth of the Gambia River in 1651, and the French established Saint-Louis across from the Senegal River mouth in 1659.
		By 1745 the Asante kingdom stretched from the Comoe River in the west to the Volta River in the east and beyond the Volta in the north.
		Jaga cannibals invaded the land west of the Kwango River and sacked Sao Salvador in 1568; but the Kongo kingdom was defended by 600 Portuguese musketeers from Sao Tomé, reinstating Kongo king Alvaro I in 1574.
	www.san.beck.org /1-13-Africa1500-1800.html (22906 words)

	Western Region, Ghana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The founder of modern independent Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah was born (and later temporarily buried) in the village of Nkroful, west of Axim where he once taught school in the 1930's.
		The largest rivers are the Ankobra River, the Pra River in the east and the Tana River partly forming the western national border.
		The area is known for the village of Nzulezo built entirely on stilts and platforms over water, and the Ankasa Protected Area.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/W/Western-Region,-Ghana.htm (276 words)

	Birdwatching Trip Report from (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It consists of a freshwater lagoon (including the village of Nzulezo which is built on stilts) and the flood plains of the Amansuri River.
		Unfortunately it was not possible to reach the river mouth from this side of the beach.
		Since the river was surrounded by mangroves we had birdwise high expectations of the boat trip.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/ghana/ghana1/ghana-oct-03.htm (8230 words)

	AKS Travel & Tours
		History has it that, in 1631, a renegade employee of the Dutch West Indian Company called Arent Groote, acting on behalf of the English Company of Adventurers Trading to Guynney and Binney, signed an agreement with the Chief of Cormantin by which a h....
		Following the establishment of their headquarters at Elmina, the Portuguese, in an effort to maintain their monopoly and exclude foreign ships from the gold markets, built a trade post in 1503 at Axim close to the mouth of the River Ankobra.
		Thanks to their establishment of a lodge at Senya Beraku in 1667, the Dutch entered into a long-standing relationship with the Agona State.
	www.akstravels.com /akssite/pages/ts1.php?pageNum_rsContent=1&totalRows_rsContent=15 (212 words)

	Untitled Document
		The activities of mining contaminate rivers and streams and destroy farm and forest lands as well as air and water pollution.
		A pattern of gross human rights abuse, occasioned by mining activities, is by that includes burning villages, illegal detention, intimidation and dog attacks on villagers is typical of large-scale mining companies operating in the Tarkwa and Obuasi mining regions.
		According to them surface mining in that reserve will affect their cultural identity with the reserve and destroys the head waters of the Ankobra river.
	twnafrica.org /print.asp?twnID=437 (2013 words)

	FREE In-depth report - Electrical Power - Ghana
		The main source of supply is the Volta River Authority with six 127-megawatt turbines.
		A third dam at Bui on the Black Volta River has been under study for some time, with the aim of increasing power supplies in northern Ghana or of selling power to Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso (Burkina, formerly Upper Volta).
		Other sites with the potential for power generation, on the Pra River, the Tano River, the White Volta River, and the Ankobra River, would also require substantial investment.
	www.exploitz.com /Ghana-Electrical-Power-cg.php (671 words)

	Ghanaian Chronicle - Online : The current time is 2:49:43 AM on 11/30/2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He said a number of projects had been completed among which, were the Takoradi- Agona road, Bunso-Apedwa and Tamale-Yendi.
		Under the bridge development programme the bridge over River Aframso on the Manpong-Ejura Road, the bridge over River Pra on Obogu-Oda Road, the bridge over River Ankobra on the Bawdie-Asankragwa Road and the bridge over River Sue on the Asankragwa-Enchi Road have all been completed.
		At the moment, he said work was progressing on several of the nation’s trunk roads and bridges and bids for 24 new road maintenance projects had been opened and were being evaluated.
	www.ghanaian-chronicle.com /thestory.asp?id=3003 (471 words)

	AKS Travel & Tours
		The competition often degenerated into hostilities as local Hanta peoples were ranged in opposing alliances supporting the English or Dutch comp....
		A long sandy beach interrupted by lagoons and swamps characterizes the coastlands west of the mouth of the River Ankobra.
		At Beyin, however, there is a stretch of flat solid sandy ground above the beach.
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