LAND
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 blow 200m. The Volta River basin dominates the country's river system and includes the 8,480km - Lake Volta (the largest artificial lake in the world), 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
Ghana has a tropical climate, characterised most of the year by moderate temperatures (generally 21-32 degrees C (70-90 degrees F), constant breezes and sunshine. There are two rainy seasons, from March to July and from September to October, separated by a short dry season in August and a relatively long dry season in the south from mid October to March. Annual rainfall in the south averages 2,030 mm but varies greatly throughout the country, with the heaviest rainfall in the western region and the lowest in the north.