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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]
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]
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 Zimbabwe. List of dams (reservoirs) Name (alt.) Nearest local Province Impounds Year completed (commissioned) Capacity (MegaL) Map ...
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 ...
Variously described as having the body of a snake and the head of a fish, a whirlpool or a river dragon, the Nyami Nyami is seen as the god of Zambezi Valley and the river before the creation of the Kariba Dam. He is regularly depicted as a snake-like being or dragon-like creature with a snake's torso and the head of a fish. [1]
Operation Noah was a wildlife rescue operation on the Zambezi River lasting from 1958 to 1964. In the late 1950s, Northern and Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zambia and Zimbabwe) constructed the Kariba Dam hydroelectric power station across the Zambezi River, at the Kariba Gorge, about 400 km from Victoria Falls.
[1] [2] 16: Cahora Bassa: Cahora Bassa Dam: Zambezi River Mozambique: 1974: 55.8 [1] 17: Serra da Mesa Reservoir: Serra da Mesa Dam: Tocantins River Brazil: 1998: 54.4 [5] 18: Caniapiscau Reservoir: Brisay generating station: Caniapiscau River Canada: 1981: 53.8 [1] 19: Pati–Chapetón(proposal) Paraná River Argentina? 53.7 [1] 20: Bukhtarma ...