1/2📍 Why in News?
🟢 Ghana’s Cabinet has approved a decision to seek BRICS membership.
🟢 Ghana will now formally apply to join the grouping.
📍 Ghana: Location
🟢 Ghana is located in West Africa, along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean.
🟢 North/Northwest → Burkina Faso
🟢 East → Togo
🟢 West → Côte d’Ivoire
🟢 South → Atlantic Ocean
🟢 Capital → Accra
📍 Major Geographical Regions
🟢 Coastal Plain → Low-lying sandy shores, lagoons, wetlands and mangroves; also called the Accra Plains.
🟢 Ashanti Uplands → Southern Ghana; includes the Ashanti and Kwahu Plateaus.
🟢 Volta Basin → Central Ghana; characterised by low-lying plains and includes the Akwapim-Togo ranges.
🟢 Northern Plains → Savannah region dominated by grasslands and baobab trees.
📍 Physical Geography
🟢 Highest point → Mount Afadjato
🟢 Other important mountains → Mount Djebobo & Mount Torogbani
🟢 Major rivers → Volta, White Volta, Black Volta, Ankobra, Tano, Pra & Densu
🟢 Lake Volta → One of the world’s largest man-made lakes, formed by the Akosombo Dam on the Volta River.
📍 Economy & Resources
🟢 Ghana is rich in minerals, with gold, diamonds, manganese and bauxite being commercially mined.
🟢 Cocoa is one of Ghana’s principal export crops.
📍 UPSC PRELIMS
🟢 Ghana → West Africa
🟢 Capital → Accra
🟢 Highest point → Mount Afadjato
🟢 Major lake → Lake Volta
🟢 Lake Volta → Akosombo Dam on Volta River
🟢 Major export crop → Cocoa
🟢 Major commercially mined minerals → Gold, diamonds, manganese & bauxite
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