By: Emmanuel Ghansah
FEATURES
 Relief features show the highlands and lowlands of an area.
 There are 2 types of relief features they are:
1. Highlands : It is a stretch of land which is higher than the land surrounding it. Or it is a land
area which is more than 150 meters above sea level.
2. Lowland : They are stretches of land that are relatively flat and below 150 meters above sea
level.
 Central highlands : These highlands extend from a place near Koforidua to a place near Wenchi.
They include the Kintampo and the Kwahu-Mampong highlands. They are in the central part of the
country. The mountains found here include Kwamisa (767m), Bosumkesi (712m), Aya (692m),
Adansi (707m), Ejuanema (775m), Tutuojiram (762m), Akwawa (788m) and Atewiredu
(738m).
 Gambaga highlands : They are found on the North-Eastern part of the country. The scarp found
there is there is The Gambaga scarp in the Northern Region.
 The North-West highlands: They are in the North-Western part of the country. The scarp found
there is the Wa scarp in the Upper West Region.
 The Akwapim-Togo Ranges : They extend from Akwapim towards the Volta Region in the North-
Eastern direction. The ranges are broken by the Volta gorge between Ajena and Adomi.
 The Akwapim-Togo ranges has the highest peak among the highlands in Ghana. Some of the very
high mountains found on the Akwapim-Togo ranges are Afadjato 885m high which is the highest
mountain in Ghana. It is found near the eastern boundary of Ghana. Other mountains found on the
Akwapim-Togo ranges include: Torogbani (873), Ayegbadje(863m), Djebobo (876m) and
Agumatsato (840m).