North: 4 x 150 MW (200,000 hp), 2 x 180 MW (240,000 hp) Francis-type South: 6 x 125 MW (168,000 hp), 2 x 150 MW (200,000 hp) Francis-type
Installed capacity
North: 960 MW South: 1,050 MW Total: 2,010 MW
Annual generation
6,400 GWh (23,000 TJ)
The Kariba Dam is a double curvature concrete arch dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The dam stands 128 metres (420 ft) tall and 579 metres (1,900 ft) long.[1] The dam forms Lake Kariba, which extends for 280 kilometres (170 mi) and holds 185 cubic kilometres (150,000,000 acre⋅ft) of water.
^"Kariba Dam". Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Ed. Retrieved 2007-07-31.
The KaribaDam is a double curvature concrete arch dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The dam stands 128 metres...
Zimbabwe. Lake Kariba was filled between 1958 and 1963 following the completion of the KaribaDam at its northeastern end, flooding the Kariba Gorge on the...
as the god of Zambezi Valley and the river before the creation of the KaribaDam. He is regularly depicted as a snake-like being or dragon-like creature...
hydroelectric power on the river are the KaribaDam, which provides power to Zambia and Zimbabwe, and the Cahora Bassa Dam in Mozambique, which provides power...
also featured major landmarks and landscapes on either side, such as the KaribaDam and fauna. When high inflation escalated into hyperinflation at the end...
of each country. Its primary function is to operate and maintain the KaribaDam on the Zambezi River. The ZRA was established in 1987 as a successor to...
arch concrete KaribaDam was completed, completely filling the gorge and creating the largest man-made lake in the world. Lake Kariba was filled between...
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played a role in the Afrikaans language film Aanslag op Kariba (which means attack on (the) Kariba (dam)) in 1973, produced by Brigadiers Films. He was, together...
Kariba may refer to: Kariba, Zimbabwe Lake KaribaKaribaDamKariba Gorge Kariba (District) Kariba weed, plant For the ship, see MV Tricolor This disambiguation...
volume; the largest being Lake Kariba which contains 185 cubic kilometers of water. The primary purpose of the Akosombo Dam was to provide electricity for...
the town, and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) east of the KaribaDam, the outlet of Lake Kariba. The Kariba non-directional beacon (Ident: KB) is 3.6 nautical...
KaribaDam Bangala Dam Gwenoro DamKaribaDam Lake Chivero Lake Mutirikwe Manjirenji Dam Manyuchi Dam Mutange Dam Ngondoma Dam Osborne Dam Ruti Dam Tokwe...
(338 ft) tall Koyna Dam in India and the 120 m (394 ft) Kremasta Dam in Greece which both registered 6.3-Mw, the 122 m (400 ft) high KaribaDam in Zambia at...
Geological Institute (1984) The Management of the Zambezi River Basin and KaribaDam, p. 105 (2010) Vincent J. Zipparro, Hans Hasen, Davis' Handbook of Applied...
2014/2015 rain season, which resulted in low water levels at the Karibadam and other major dams. In September 2019, African Green Resources (AGR) announced...
unknown (link) World Commission on Dams website: Archived 1 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine "Case Study – KaribaDam-Zambezi River Basin" Annex 13 & 14...
than Kalabagh Dam or Basha.[citation needed] The largest reservoir is KaribaDam lake which is 150 million acre feet (MAF). It would be able to generate...
2014-12-13. Tumbare, J. (2010). The Management of the Zambezi River Basin and KaribaDam. Bookworld Publishers. p. 100. ISBN 9789982240536. Retrieved 2014-12-13...
Chirundu, Zimbabwe. At this location around 65 km downstream from the KaribaDam the river is about 400 m wide. The bridges were once seen as part of a...
endemic freshwater fishes. River dams, especially major schemes like the KaribaDam (Zambezi river) and the Aswan Dam (River Nile) on rivers with economically...
many dams to build up a large volume before operation can begin. For this type of reservoir only a small portion of the water held behind the dam is useful...
ISBN 0-89577-087-3. World Commission on Dams website: Archived 1 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine "Case Study – KaribaDam-Zambezi River Basin" Annex 13 & 14...
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