Volta Basin Authority (VBA)
Water resources data and monitoring for the Volta River Basin in West Africa, covering Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, and Mali.
abv-volta.org
At a glance
- Region
- Multi-country (Volta Basin) (Africa)
- Coverage
- Volta River Basin (6 countries)
- Access
- Free
- Category
- International
What's inside
- Water Resources
- Hydrology
- Climate
- Flood Monitoring
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
Because it has: Hydrology
- 02
Low flows
Set environmental flows and check what is left in the river in a dry year.
- 03
Hazard maps
Map flood-prone areas and who and what is exposed.
Because it has: Flood Monitoring
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
- 02
Ungauged basins
Combine with catchment data to estimate flow where there is no gauge.
- 03
Flood extent from SAR
Segment flooded areas in radar imagery, even through cloud.
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