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Avu Lagoon in Volta Region
Description
The Avu Lagoon can be found within the Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar site in the Volta region of Ghana. The area comprises a permanently flooded 2.8 km2 freshwater lagoon surrounded by largely impenetrable, permanently or seasonally flooded habitats densely vegetated by a mix of marshy grasses and fig trees Ficus species; and sometimes seasonally cultivated to grow sugar cane. Inhabitants of the surrounding villages access the area by dugouts on channels cut into the floating vegetation to fish, farm, hunt and collect water, wood as well as weaving materials