The
Akosombo Dam, also known as the
Akosombo Hydroelectric Project, 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 , 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.