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Grassridge Dam Groot Brak River 44,5 [2] Groendal Dam Swartopz River 11,7 [2] Gubu Dam Gubu River 8,6 [2] Golden Ridge Dam: 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 ...
Dams in South Africa (1 C, 209 P) Pages in category "Reservoirs in South Africa" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
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.
The Sterkfontein Dam, located just outside the town of Harrismith, in the Free State, province of South Africa, is part of the Tugela-Vaal Water Project and the Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme, and located on the Nuwejaarspruit, a tributary of the Wilge River in the upper catchment area of the Vaal River. [2]
The construction of Vaal Dam started during the depression of the early thirties and the dam was completed in 1938 with a wall height of 54.2 metres (178 ft) above lowest foundation and a full supply capacity of 994,000,000 cubic metres (3.51 × 10 10 cu ft). The dam is a concrete gravity structure with an earthfill section on the right flank.
The Gariep Dam is the largest storage reservoir in South Africa. In South African English , 'dam' refers both to the structure and the water volume it retains. Gariep Dam has a total storage capacity of approximately 5,340,000 megalitres (5,340 hm 3 ) and a surface area of more than 370 square kilometres (140 sq mi) when full.
Limpopo WMA, or Limpopo Water Management Area (coded: 1), [1] in South Africa includes the following major rivers: the Limpopo River, Matlabas River, Mokolo River, Lephalala River, Mogalakwena River, Sand River and Nzhelele River and covers the following dams. Cross Dam, Nwanedi River; Doorndraai Dam Sterk River; Glen Alpine Dam Mogalakwena River