Great Dams in Southern Africa |
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agricultural annual arch average bank built Cabora Bassa canal capacity carried catchment cent cofferdam completed concrete construction CONSULTING ENGINEERS contract CONTRACTORS cost countries crest cubic cubic metres cumecs diameter DIMENSIONS discharge diversion downstream DRAINAGE Durban earth economic Electricity embankment energy excavation Falls FILTER flood flow foundation gates Government head Height hydro-electric increase intake International irrigation Italy Kariba kilometres Lake land Length Limited lower m³/s major Maximum means ment metres million openings operation Orange outlet phase pipes placed PLAN possible potential power station production pump raising region Republic reservoir Rhodesia River road rock rockfill scheme South Africa South West Southern Africa spillway stage steel storage structure supply surface tion town tunnel turbine Type units upstream valves Volume wall weir wide Zambezi