Sebakwe Dam
Dam in Kwekwe District, Zimbabwe
19°00′48″S 30°12′03″E / 19.01333°S 30.20083°E / -19.01333; 30.20083Sebakwe Dam is a dam in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. It was built in 1957 and owned by the Zimbabwe government. It is across Sebakwe River in the Sanyati Catchment Area.
It has a full capacity of 266 megalitres which makes it one of the largest inland dams of Zimbabwe. It is 8 kilometres long and its maximum width is 2.5 kilometres; The surface area is 2320 hectares; Its wall is 47 m high and 3 km long.
Background
It was built as a small dam in 1957 and was raised 1986.[1][2][3]
In 1957 Sebakwe Dam was the second largest dam in Southern Rhodesia. Its height then was 154 feet high (47 meters). covering an area of 9 square miles (2320 ha) with a capacity of 35 billion imperial gallons.[4]
Operations
It supplies water to Kwekwe and Redcliff, and for irrigation.[5]
See also
- Sebakwe River
- Globe and Phoenix Mine
- Gaika Mine
- Kwekwe
References
- ^ a b "Info". zimparks.org. Retrieved 19 February 2024.[dead link]
- ^ a b "Kariba Angling Society". geocities.ws. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ a b "State of Major Dams Report" (PDF). Zimbabwe National Water Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Polisensky, Diana (4 March 2011). "A Contribution Not Etched In Stone". Once Called Home. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Rhodesia's Dams". Our Rhodesian Heritage. 9 January 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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