2,609,799,000 cubic metres (9.21642×1010 cu ft)[1]
Surface area
320 square kilometres (120 sq mi)[1]
The Vaal Dam in South Africa was constructed in 1938 and lies 77 km south of OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg. The lake behind the dam wall has a surface area of about 320 square kilometres (120 sq mi)[1] and is 47 meters deep. The Vaal Dam lies on the Vaal River, which is one of South Africa's strongest-flowing rivers. Other rivers flowing into the dam are the Wilge River, Molspruit and Grootspruit.[2] It has over 800 kilometres (500 mi) of shoreline and is South Africa's second biggest dam by area and the fourth largest by volume.
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The VaalDam in South Africa was constructed in 1938 and lies 77 km south of OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg. The lake behind the dam wall...
century gold rush. The VaalDam lies on the Vaal River in Deneysville just south of the border between Gauteng and the Free State. The Vaal River is the longest...
(meaning Dirty Triangle) as a pun on Vaal Driehoek (the Afrikaans translation for Vaal Triangle). Nearby is the VaalDam, from which the massive PWV megalopolis...
Sterkfontein Dam, located just outside the town of Harrismith, in the Free State, province of South Africa, is part of the Tugela-Vaal Water Project...
Deneysville is a small town on the banks of the VaalDam in the Free State province of South Africa. Deneysville was established in 1936 and named after...
KwaZulu-Natal) of 630 million m3 of water to the Vaal basin (in the Free State) in the north, and ultimately the Vaaldam in Gauteng. Various pumping stations and...
at the confluence of the Vaal River and the Vet River, on the border between the provinces North West and Free State. The dam wall has a total length of...
The Vaal River Barrage Reservoir is a dam on the Vaal River near Vanderbijlpark, border Gauteng and Free State, South Africa. The Barrage, created by...
located between Driekloof Dam and Kilburn Dam. Since the Driekloof Dam/Sterkfontein Dam also forms part of the Tugela-Vaal Water Project some of the water...
Grootdraai Dam is a combined gravity and earth-fill type dam located on the Vaal River, near Standerton, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It was established...
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the Vaal at the VaalDam further downstream. Sterkfontein Dam and the Driekloof Dam, in the Nuwejaarspruit - The Sterkfontein is the third largest dam in...
Vaal Marina is a town in Midvaal in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Vaal Marina is one of the three villages on the shoreline of the VaalDam, the...
Origination: The Vaal River System". Rand Water. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2013. Google Earth "Dam Safety Office...
Namibia. Vaal River - 1,458 km (906 mi) Caledon River - 642 km (399 mi) Khubelu River - 144 km (89 mi) Armenia Dam Egmont Dam Gariep Dam Newberry Dam Vanderkloof...
State province of South Africa. The town is on the southern bank of the VaalDam, 14 kilometres (9 mi) south-east of Deneysville and 46 kilometres (29 mi)...
Nature Reserve, Nooitgedacht Dam Nature Reserve, Bronkhorstspruit Dam Nature Reserve, VaalDam Nature Reserve, and Koppies Dam Nature Reserves and Willem...
in Lekwa Local Municipality and residents in the area of Vaal, Vanderkloof, and Bloemhof dams along the Orange River (Northern Cape Province) were invited...
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River empties into the northern loop of the Vaal River. It is also one of the constituent parts of the Vaal Triangle region and was formerly situated in...
Orange and Vaal rivers. The predatory largemouth bass flourish in several dams on tributaries of the Vaal and in the Barrage below the Vaaldam. Carp are...
River and Vaal River, and covers the following Dams: Boskop Dam Mooi River Grootdraai DamVaal River Klerkskraal Dam Mooi River Klipdrift Dam Loop Spruit...
on the banks of the Vaal River, which separates the Free State from the former Transvaal Province, and is not far from the VaalDam where excellent windsurfing...
Africa. It comprises a system of several large dams and tunnels throughout Lesotho and delivers water to the Vaal River System in South Africa. In Lesotho,...
the Tugela catchment (Woodstock Dam) as well as the need for augmentation in the VaalDam catchment. The Driekloof Dam was commissioned in 1979, has a...
the following Dams: Allemanskraal Dam Sand River Bloemhof DamVaal River Elandskuil Dam Swartleegte River Erfenis Dam Vet River Koppies Dam Renoster River...
Mpumalanga between Balfour and Standerton and also in the northern side of the VaalDam. The landscape is flat to slightly undulating, with low hills also present...
that saw the construction of several large dams and pipeline transporting water from Lesotho to the VaalDam in South Africa. Rand Water provides potable...
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