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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 ...
Batujai Dam, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara; Batutegi Dam, Tanggamus, Lampung; Bili-Bili Dam, Gowa, South Sulawesi; Cacaban Dam, Tegal, Central Java; Cirata Dam ...
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 ...
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]
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 [2] Mabeleni Dam Mhlahlane River ...
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. The hydro ...
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.
Country: South Africa: Location: Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape: Coordinates (For the dam): Purpose: Power: Status: Operational: Construction began: 1982: Opening date: 1984: Owner(s): Eskom: Operator(s): Eskom: Dam and spillways; Impounds: Mbhashe River: Colley Wobbles Power Station; Coordinates: Operator(s): Eskom: Commission date: 1985: Type: Run of the river: Hydraulic head ...