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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.
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.
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 ...
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Dams in South Africa — for water supply reservoirs and/or flood control. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory.
Voëlvlei Dam is a dam located in the Western Cape, South Africa near the town of Gouda.The earth-fill wall is 2,910 metres (9,550 ft) long and 10 metres (33 ft) high. The reservoir covers an area of 1,524 hectares (3,770 acres) and has a capacity of 168,000 megalitres (5,900 × 10 ^ 6 cu ft), [1] making it the second-largest reservoir in the Western Cape Water Supply System.
Nqweba Dam (previously known as Van Ryneveld's Pass Dam), is an earth-fill type dam located on the Sundays River in the Camdeboo National Park, in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was opened in 1925. The dam has a capacity of 46,369,000 cubic metres (1.6375 × 10 9 cu ft), and a surface area of 10.285 square kilometres (3.971 sq mi ...