Geography
The Republic of Ghana extends inland from the Gulf of Guinea on the western ‘bulge’ of Africa, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the south, Togo to the east, Burkina Faso to the north and La Cote d’Ivoire to the west. The country is bisected by the Greenwich Meridian and lies entirely within the northern tropics 4.5 Celsius and 11 Celsius.
In other words Ghana is located on the Greenwich Meridian and the Equator which is in her territorial waters, thus making the country’s location at the center of the world. Another way to determine its location is flight time from other parts of the globe.
Most of the country is relatively flat and lies below an altitude of 150, but several peaks in the east rise to above 800m. It has a typical climate, warm to hot all year through, and can be divided into two broad geographic zones: the south and centre are moist and support a cover lush rainforest and grassland, whereas the north consists of a drier savannah environment.
A visitor can be in Ghana 9 hours after take-off from New York on North-American Air line or any other Air line (10 + hour); 6 ½ hours after leaving London, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Zurich or Geneva, Amsterdam or Rome on British Airways, KLM, Alitalia, Lufthansa or Swissair; 6 hours after leaving Harare, Addis Ababa, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Cairo/Beirut on Ghana Airways, South African Airways, Ethiopian Airways or Egyptair and MEA.
The coastal area of Ghana consists of plains and numerous lagoons near the estuaries of rivers. The land is relatively flat and the altitude is generally below 500m, with more than half of the country below 200m.
The Volta River basin dominates the country’s river system and includes the 400km largest artificial lake in the world (WORLD LAKE) formed behind the Akosombo Hydro-Electric Dam. In the north, the predominant vegetation is savannah and shrub, while the south has an extensive rain forest.
Climate
Basically, Ghana’s climatic conditions are tropically characterized most of the year by moderate temperatures generally 21-32 (70-90), constant breeze and sunshine.
The country has two rainy seasons, from March to July and from September to October, separated by a short cool dry season in August and a relatively long dry season in the south from mid-October to March.
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