Kariba Dam

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arch dam gravity dam hydroelectric dam infrastructure project

Kariba Dam is a massive hydroelectric dam on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe, forming one of the world’s largest man-made lakes and serving as a key source of power for the region.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Kariba Dam canonical 10
Kariba North Bank Power Station 3
Kariba South Bank Power Station 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arch dam ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
infrastructure project ⓘ
affects downstream Zambezi River flow ⓘ
basinCountry Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
borderBetween Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
constructionCost approximately US$480 million (original project) ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1955 ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
creates Kariba Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kariba Gorge reservoir
designedBy André Coyne ⓘ
forms Lake Kariba ⓘ
hasPowerStation Kariba Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kariba North Bank Power Station

Kariba Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kariba South Bank Power Station
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height about 128 metres ⓘ
installedCapacity over 1800 megawatts ⓘ
knownFor creating one of the world’s largest man-made lakes ⓘ
major source of hydroelectric power in Southern Africa ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length about 579 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Southern Africa ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea part of the Zambezi valley ⓘ
locatedNear Kariba, Zimbabwe ⓘ
Siavonga, Zambia ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Zambezi River ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
nearFeature Kariba Gorge ⓘ
openingDate 1959 ⓘ
operator ZESCO ⓘ
Zimbabwe Power Company ⓘ
partOf Zambezi Basin ⓘ
surface form: Zambezi River basin
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
regionServed Southern African power pool and energy cooperation ⓘ
surface form: Southern African power pool

Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
reservoirCapacity approximately 180 cubic kilometres ⓘ
reservoirName Lake Kariba ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea approximately 5580 square kilometres ⓘ
risk structural stability concerns ⓘ
underwent rehabilitation and reinforcement works ⓘ
UNGEGNName Kariba Dam self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kariba Gorge → knownFor → Kariba Dam ⓘ
Kariba Gorge → hasHydrologicalStructure → Kariba Dam ⓘ
Kariba Gorge → hasHumanSettlementNearby → Kariba Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kariba
Zambezi Basin → hasHydropowerDam → Kariba Dam ⓘ
Zimbabwe–Zambia border → hasBorderCrossing → Kariba Dam ⓘ
Zimbabwe–Zambia border → hasDamStructure → Kariba Dam ⓘ
Zimbabwe–Zambia border → usedForHydropowerProject → Kariba Dam ⓘ
Kariba Dam → hasPowerStation → Kariba Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kariba North Bank Power Station
Kariba Dam → hasPowerStation → Kariba Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kariba South Bank Power Station
Kariba Dam → UNGEGNName → Kariba Dam self-link ⓘ
Kariba Dam → creates → Kariba Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kariba Gorge reservoir
Lake Kariba → formedBy → Kariba Dam ⓘ
Lake Kariba → reservoirFor → Kariba Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kariba South Power Station
Lake Kariba → reservoirFor → Kariba Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kariba North Bank Power Station
Siavonga → locatedNear → Kariba Dam ⓘ
Siavonga → hasNearbyInfrastructure → Kariba Dam ⓘ
Kariba Dam wall → hasPowerStation → Kariba Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kariba North Bank Power Station
Kariba Dam wall → hasPowerStation → Kariba Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kariba South Bank Power Station