Great Dams in Southern Africa |
Common terms and phrases
agricultural arch bank basin Botswana Cabora Bassa canal Catchment area cofferdam concrete construction CONSULTING ENGINEERS content of dam crib cubic metres cumecs diameter DIMENSIONS discharge downstream DRAINAGE REGIONS Electricity embankment energy ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS Escom excavation FILTER flood flow FSL RL full supply level gorge grout hectares Height above lowest Hendrik Verwoerd Hendrik Verwoerd Dam HFL RL hydro hydro-electric intake irrigation Kafue Kariba kilometres km² Komati Kunene River Lake Lake Kariba Length of crest LESOTHO Lusaka m³/s main dam Malawi Maximum ment million m³ Moçambique Orange River outlet penstocks pipes potential power station pump station radial gates rainfall REPUBLIC OF SOUTH reservoir Rhodesia rock rockfill scheme SHAFT Shire sluices South Africa South West Africa Southern Africa spillway stage Sterkfontein storage capacity Swaziland tailrace Tugela tunnel turbine underground upstream Vaal Dam Vaal River valves wall Water Affairs weir Windhoek Zambezi Zambia