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On the North West Province side lies the Bloemhof Dam Nature Reserve, on the Free State side is the Sandveld Nature Reserve. The town of Bloemhof lies on the North West side of the Vaal River. The dam was commissioned in 1970, has a capacity of 1,269,000,000 cubic metres (4.48 × 10 10 cu ft), [ 1 ] and has an area of 223 square kilometres (86 ...
Middle Vaal WMA. or Middle Vaal Water Management Area (coded: 9), Includes the following major rivers: the Vet River, Vals River and Vaal River, and covers the following Dams: Allemanskraal Dam Sand River; Bloemhof Dam Vaal River; Elandskuil Dam Swartleegte River; Erfenis Dam Vet River; Koppies Dam Renoster River; Rietspruit Dam Rietspruit
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It is located on the Free State side of the Bloemhof Dam. The Bloemhof Dam lies where the Vaal River and the Vet River meet on the border between the Free State and North West provinces. The complete area around the dam has been proclaimed a nature reserve. Since it is on the border between two provinces, two separate reserves were established.
Milne Dam and Reservoir, Milne Park Conservation Area - Markham (Rouge River (Toronto)) McLeod Dam Green Energy Project ( Moira River (Belleville) ) Orangeville Reservoir, Orangeville, Ontario - 332 acres lake is at the headwaters of the Credit River and Nottawasaga River
By the end of the 2017 dry season, Theewaterskloof had declined to a level of 12.9%, with the last 10% mostly unreachable. A storm in June 2017 brought heavy rain, increasing the level to 15%, but overall rainfall in 2017 remained very low. Media footage of the declining dam level sparked the importance of conserving water. [5]
This area is considered to be the richest maize-producing district in South Africa. The town is located near the Bloemhof Dam which is situated on the Vaal River. The Sandveld Nature Reserve is positioned alongside the Bloemhof Dam. Hopetown and Hoopstad are two different towns and are often confused.
The Vet River (Afrikaans: Vetrivier) is a westward-flowing tributary of the Vaal River in central South Africa.Its sources are between Marquard and Clocolan and the Vet River flows roughly northwestwards to meet the Vaal at the Bloemhof Dam near Hoopstad.