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Map ref. Notes Kariba Dam: Kariba: Mashonaland West: Zambezi river: 1959: 160 368 1] Tokwe Mukorsi Dam ... Claw Dam: Zimbabwe: Mashonaland West: Muzvezve river:
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The Kariba Dam is a double curvature concrete arch dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The dam stands 128 metres (420 ft) tall and 579 metres (1,900 ft) long. [1] The dam forms Lake Kariba, which extends for 280 kilometres (170 mi) and holds 185 cubic kilometres (150,000,000 acre⋅ft) of water.
It is 90.3 metres (296 ft) tall and creates a 1,750,000,000 m 3 (1,420,000 acre⋅ft) reservoir, the largest inland dam in the country. The associated hydroelectric power station has a 12 megawatts (16,000 hp) installed capacity. [3] Construction on the dam began in June 1998 but stalled in 2008. Salini Impregilo began
The dam to supply the reservoir with water will be a 181 metres (594 ft) tall arch-gravity type. [ 3 ] The project is being implemented by the Zambezi River Authority , a bi-national organization mandated to operate, monitor and maintain the Kariba Dam complex as well as exploit the full potential of the Zambezi River.
The Zambezi River Authority, which runs the Kariba Dam jointly owned by Zimbabwe and neighboring Zambia, said in a letter dated Nov. 25 that water levels are at a record low and electricity ...
1.41 Zimbabwe. 2 Asia. Toggle Asia subsection. 2.1 Central. 2.1.1 ... Tarbela Dam, Pakistan (the largest earth-filled dam in the world and also the largest by ...
It is the only major dam on the Mazowe River. [2] The concrete dam was built by the British civil contractor Pauling & Co. and was raised by 3 metres (9.8 ft) in 1961 by drilling into the foundation rock and installing post-tensioned tendons into the concrete. It is 37 metres (121 ft) high and 163 metres (535 ft) long, with overflow spillways ...