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Blyderivierpoort Dam
View from the north
Official nameBlyderivierpoort Dam
Blyde River Poort Dam
CountrySouth Africa
LocationMpumalanga
Coordinates24°32′12″S 30°47′53″E / 24.53667°S 30.79806°E / -24.53667; 30.79806
PurposeIrrigation, industrial
Opening date1974
Owner(s)Department of Water Affairs
Dam and spillways
Type of damArch-gravity dam
ImpoundsBlyde River
Height71 m
Length240 m
Reservoir
CreatesBlyderivierpoort Dam Reservoir
Total capacity54 050 000 m³
Surface area240 ha

Blyderivierpoort Dam is a gravity-arch dam on the Blyde River, in the lower Blyde River Canyon, near Hoedspruit in Mpumalanga, South Africa. It also floods the lower reaches of the Blyde's Ohrigstad River tributary. The dam was completed in 1974.[1] The 71 m high dam wall and 22 m deep is situated 3 km from Swadini resort by road.

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