Black Volta
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The Black Volta or Mouhoun (French: Volta noire)<ref name="amisigo">Template:Cite book</ref> is a river that flows through Burkina Faso for approximately 1,352 km (840 mi) to the White Volta in Dagbon, Ghana, the upper end of Lake Volta.<ref name="Rivers and Lakes">Template:Cite web</ref> It is one of the three main parts of the Volta, with the White Volta and the Red Volta.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The source of the Black Volta is in the Cascades Region of Burkina Faso, close to Mount Tenakourou, the highest point of the country. Further downstream it forms part of the border between Ghana and Burkina Faso, and later between Ivory Coast and Ghana. Within Ghana, it marks the border between the Savannah and Bono regions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Rivers and Lakes" /> The Bui Dam, a hydroelectric power plant, is built on the river, just south of the Bui National Park, which the river bisects.<ref name="Rivers and Lakes" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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