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This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2009) Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The following is a partial list of dams in South Africa. In South African English (as well as Afrikaans), a dam refers to both the wall as well as the reservoir or lake that ...
Vanderkloof Dam is the second-largest dam in South Africa (in volume), having the highest dam wall in the country at 108 metres (354 ft). The dam was commissioned in 1977; it has a capacity of 3,187.557 million cubic metres (2,584,195 acre⋅ft) and a surface area of 133.43 square kilometres (51.52 sq mi) when full.
Impofu Dam Krom River 105,8 [2] Jozanashoek Dam Sterkspruit River 9,5 [2] Katrivier Dam Kat River 24,9 [2] Kommandodrift Dam Tarka River 55,9 [2] Koega Dam Koega River 126 [2] Kromrivier Dam Krom River 35,3 [2] Laing Dam Buffalo River 19 [2] Lake Arthur Dam Tarka River 11,3 [2] Loerie Dam Loeriespruit River 3,1 [2] Lubisi Dam Indwe River 113,6 ...
The Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS) is a complex water supply system in the Western Cape region of South Africa, comprising an inter-linked system of six main dams, pipelines, tunnels and distribution networks, and a number of minor dams, some owned and operated by the Department of Water and Sanitation and some by the City of Cape ...
Theewaterskloof dam has a capacity of 480,406 megalitres (16,965.4 × 10 ^ 6 cu ft) of water, and when full the reservoir covers an area of 5,059 hectares (12,500 acres). [2] The catchment area of 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi) is served by streams emanating in the Hottentots Holland mountain range.
Dams in South Africa — for water supply reservoirs and/or flood control. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory.
The reservoir shown in the background is formed by the Theewaterskloof Dam. The site of today's Berg river dam is in the valley to the left of the reservoir. The dam will increase the water storage capacity to supply Cape Town, South Africa's second largest metropolitan area, from 768 to 898 million cubic metres (623,000 to 728,000 acre⋅ft). [7]
The dam wall was raised by 1.5 m in 1935 and again by 5.8 m (total capacity 327,628,072 m 3) in 1951/52 to cope with the loss of storage volume. [1] The rebuilt dam was opened on 26 April 1952, by the then Minister of Land and Irrigation, J. G. Strijdom , with work supervised by the Sundays River Irrigation Board, with J. Kevin Murphy as the ...