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The following is a partial list of dams in Zimbabwe. List of dams (reservoirs) Name ... Media related to Bodies of water in Zimbabwe at Wikimedia Commons Major dams ...
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 ...
Mzingwane Dam, built in 1962, with a full supply capacity of 42 MCM (million cubic metres). It is located near the source of the river and supplies water to the city of Bulawayo. Zhovhe Dam, built in 1995, with a full supply capacity of 136 MCM. It is located near the confluence with the Limpopo River and supplies water for irrigation to Beitbridge
The Odzi River is a tributary of the Save River in Zimbabwe. [1] It joins the Save at Nyanyadzi. It is dammed at Osborne Dam. [2] The Odzani River is a westward-flowing tributary of the Odzi, rising near Penhalonga north of the city of Mutare. The Odzani and Smallbridge dams on the Ozani are part of the water-supply system for the city of ...
Mazvikadei Dam is a dam in Zimbabwe which provides water for farm irrigation. It is the third largest dam in Zimbabwe. It is the third largest dam in Zimbabwe. Construction of the dam started in 1985, the main contractor being CMC di Ravenna with local subcontractors K.W.Blasting doing tunneling and hard excavation.
Osborne Dam is an earth embankment dam, creating a reservoir with a surface area of 2,600 hectares, storing 400,000 megalitres on the Odzi River, a tributary of the Save River, in Zimbabwe The catchment area is 1,392 km² the embankment is 66 metres high, crest length 1,007 metres and the volume of earth in the embankment is 5.1 million cubic metres.
It is the only major dam on the Mazowe River. [2] The concrete dam was built by the British civil contractor Pauling & Co. and was raised by 3 metres (9.8 ft) in 1961 by drilling into the foundation rock and installing post-tensioned tendons into the concrete. It is 37 metres (121 ft) high and 163 metres (535 ft) long, with overflow spillways ...
Zhovhe Dam lies in Beitbridge area east of Beitbridge Bulawayo highway in Zimbabwe`s Region 5. [3] The dam is among the biggest 10 dams in the country and has turned the dry area into a green belt through irrigation projects. [4] The dam also hosts a 30-room lodge that accommodates up to 100 people. [4]