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The Zambezi river at Kazungula, a quadripoint where Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana meet. In the 1980s and early 1990s the Botswana and South African governments began discussing the possibility of drawing water from the Zambezi River and feeding it into the North-South Carrier. Some of this water could be passed on to South Africa.
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Equipment rental was first developed in Anglo-Saxon countries. It emerged in the UK after the First World War and has now become a multi-billion euro business providing a wide range of construction and industrial equipment for customers globally.The American Rental Association was founded as early as 1955, [1] and the first waves of consolidation took place in the 1970s in North America ...
Sany Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (SSE: 600031) is a Chinese multinational heavy equipment manufacturing company headquartered in Changsha, Hunan.It is the 3rd-largest heavy equipment manufacturer in the world, [5] and the first in its industry in China to enter the FT Global 500 [6] and the Forbes Global 2000 [7] rankings.
Botswana boasts a GDP (purchasing power parity) per capita of about $18,825 per year as of 2015, which is one of the highest in Africa. [1] Its high gross national income (by some estimates the fourth-largest in Africa) gives the country a modest standard of living and the highest Human Development Index of continental Sub-Saharan Africa .
The Dikgatlhong Dam is a dam near the village of Robelela on the Shashe River in Botswana, completed in December 2011. [1] When full, it holds 400,000,000 cubic metres (1.4 × 10 10 cu ft) of water. The next largest dam in Botswana, the Gaborone Dam, has a capacity of 141,000,000 cubic metres (5.0 × 10 9 cu ft). [2]
Excavators are heavy construction equipment primarily consisting of a boom, dipper (or stick), bucket, and cab on a rotating platform known as the "house" [1]. The modern excavator's house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels , being an evolution of the steam shovel (which itself evolved into the power shovel when steam was replaced ...
The power station is located near the town of Palapye, in the Central District, approximately 270 kilometres (168 mi), by road, north-east of Gaborone, Botswana's capital city. [2] The geographical coordinates of Morupule Thermal Power Station are 22°31'12.0"S, 27°02'12.0"E (Latitude:-22.520000; Latitude:27.036667).