Lake Kariba

E343316

artificial lake hydroelectric reservoir reservoir

Lake Kariba is one of the world’s largest man-made lakes, created by damming the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe and known for its hydroelectric power generation and rich wildlife.

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Label	Occurrences
Lake Kariba canonical	22

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artificial lake ⓘ hydroelectric reservoir ⓘ reservoir ⓘ
borderBetween	Zambia ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ
completionDate	1959 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1955 ⓘ
country	Zambia ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ
createdBy	damming of the Zambezi River ⓘ
createdFor	electricity supply to Zambia and Zimbabwe ⓘ
formedBy	Kariba Dam ⓘ
hasIsland	Chete Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Sampa Karuma Island ⓘ
hasNearbyTown	Binga ⓘ Kariba, Zimbabwe ⓘ surface form: Kariba Siavonga ⓘ
hasProtectedAreaOnShore	Charara Safari Area ⓘ Matusadona National Park ⓘ
impact	creation of new aquatic and shoreline habitats ⓘ displacement of local communities ⓘ
knownFor	game viewing along its shores ⓘ houseboat tourism ⓘ large size among man-made lakes ⓘ rich wildlife ⓘ
locatedInBasinCountry	Zambia ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Southern Africa ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Zambezi River ⓘ
maximumDepth	over 90 metres ⓘ
maximumLength	approximately 280 kilometres ⓘ
maximumWidth	approximately 40 kilometres ⓘ
outflow	Zambezi River ⓘ
partOf	Zambezi Basin ⓘ surface form: Zambezi River basin
primaryUse	hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
region	Zambezi Valley ⓘ
reservoirFor	Kariba Dam ⓘ surface form: Kariba North Bank Power Station Kariba Dam ⓘ surface form: Kariba South Power Station
supportsSpecies	African elephant ⓘ Nile crocodile ⓘ hippopotamus ⓘ tigerfish ⓘ various antelope species ⓘ
surfaceArea	approximately 5500 square kilometres ⓘ
use	fishing ⓘ recreation ⓘ tourism ⓘ
waterBodyType	freshwater lake ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Kariba Gorge → knownFor → Lake Kariba ⓘ

Kariba Gorge → hasReservoir → Lake Kariba ⓘ

Zambezi Basin → containsReservoir → Lake Kariba ⓘ

Zambezi Basin → containsLake → Lake Kariba ⓘ

Binga → locatedNear → Lake Kariba ⓘ

Binga → borders → Lake Kariba ⓘ

subject surface form: Binga District

Binga → waterBody → Lake Kariba ⓘ

subject surface form: Binga District

Mashonaland West Province → hasLake → Lake Kariba ⓘ

Matusadona National Park → locatedOnWaterbody → Lake Kariba ⓘ

Matusadona National Park → borderedBy → Lake Kariba ⓘ

Southern Province, Zambia → hasLakeShore → Lake Kariba ⓘ

Southern Province, Zambia → hasBorderFeature → Lake Kariba ⓘ

Kariba Dam → forms → Lake Kariba ⓘ

Kariba Dam → reservoirName → Lake Kariba ⓘ

Siavonga → locatedOn → Lake Kariba ⓘ

Siavonga → bodyOfWater → Lake Kariba ⓘ

Siavonga → locatedOnReservoir → Lake Kariba ⓘ

Kariba Dam wall → formsReservoir → Lake Kariba ⓘ

Kariba Dam wall → reservoirName → Lake Kariba ⓘ

Southern Province → containsWaterBody → Lake Kariba ⓘ

southeastern Africa → hasMajorLake → Lake Kariba ⓘ

subject surface form: Southeastern Africa