Which massive salt-producing lagoon and Ramsar wetland is located around Ada Foah where the Volta River empties into the Atlantic?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Songor Lagoon
- Step 1: Songor Lagoon spans over 28,000 hectares on the western bank of the Volta estuary. Step 2. It is the major traditional and commercial solar salt-mining basin of southeastern Ghana. Answer: Songor Lagoon. Why not the others: Keta Lagoon is on the eastern bank of the Volta; Sakumo Lagoon is near Tema; Muni Lagoon is at Winneba.
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