Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Kariba Dam in the Kariba Gorge. Kariba Gorge is a large, natural gorge through which flowed the Zambezi River on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, Africa.In 1959 the large double arch concrete Kariba Dam was completed, completely filling the gorge and creating the largest man-made lake in the world. [1]
Lake Kariba is the world's largest artificial lake and reservoir by volume. It lies 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) upstream from the mouth of the Zambezi river on the Indian Ocean , along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe .
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 ...
Kariba Dam carries the paved Kariba/Siavonga highway across the river; Tourist boat on the Zambezi River, Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, Zambia. 1971 photo. Otto Beit Bridge at Chirundu, road, 382 m (1,253 ft), 1939; Second Chirundu Bridge, road, 400 m (1,300 ft), 2002; Tete Suspension Bridge, 1 km (1,000 m) road bridge
The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) is a corporation jointly and equally owned by the governments of Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is governed by a four-person council consisting of the Ministers of Energy and Finance of each country. [1] Its primary function is to operate and maintain the Kariba Dam on the Zambezi River. [2]
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. [4]
Name (alt.) Nearest local Province Impounds Year completed (commissioned) Capacity (MegaL) Map ref. Notes Kariba Dam: Kariba: Mashonaland West: Zambezi river: 1959