A river formed in central Ghana by the confluence of the White Volta and the Black Volta and flowing about467 km(290 mi) southward through artificial Lake Volta to the Bight of Benin in the Gulf of Guinea.

• 伏特，亚历山德罗1745－1827意大利物理学家，发明了第一块电池（1800年）。伏特是为纪念他而命名