Cahora Bassa Dam

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artificial lake electric power company gravity dam hydroelectric dam reservoir

Cahora Bassa Dam is a major hydroelectric dam in Mozambique that forms one of Africa’s largest artificial lakes and supplies significant power to the region.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Cahora Bassa Dam canonical 7
Cahora Bassa Reservoir 2
Lake Cahora Bassa 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial lake ⓘ
electric power company ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ
associatedWith Portuguese colonial infrastructure projects ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1969 ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Mozambique ⓘ
countryDuringConstruction Mozambique ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Mozambique
energySource hydropower ⓘ
formsReservoir Cahora Bassa Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lake Cahora Bassa
hasImpactOn regional power grid ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height approximately 171 m ⓘ
installedCapacity about 2075 MW ⓘ
length approximately 303 m ⓘ
locatedIn Mozambique ⓘ
Tete Province ⓘ
locatedInHemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
locatedInValley Zambezi Valley ⓘ
locatedNear Songo ⓘ
surface form: town of Songo
locatedOnRiver Zambezi River ⓘ
notableFor being one of Africa’s largest artificial lakes ⓘ
being one of Africa’s largest hydroelectric schemes ⓘ
long-distance power export to South Africa ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 5 ⓘ
openingDate 1974 ⓘ
operator Cahora Bassa Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa
partOf Zambezi Basin ⓘ
surface form: Zambezi River basin
primaryPurpose hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
regionServed Southern Africa ⓘ
reservoirArea large surface area relative to African reservoirs ⓘ
reservoirName Cahora Bassa Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lake Cahora Bassa
reservoirType storage reservoir ⓘ
secondaryPurpose regional power supply ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
suppliesElectricityTo Mozambique ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
surface form: Southern Africa region
transmissionLineDestination South Africa ⓘ
transmissionType HVDC ⓘ
transmissionVoltage ±533 kV ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
watercourse Zambezi River ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Zambezi River → hasDam → Cahora Bassa Dam ⓘ
Zambezi Valley → near → Cahora Bassa Dam ⓘ
Cahora Bassa Gorge → near → Cahora Bassa Dam ⓘ
Cahora Bassa Gorge → near → Cahora Bassa Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahora Bassa Reservoir
Cahora Bassa Gorge → associatedWith → Cahora Bassa Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahora Bassa hydroelectric scheme
Zambezi Basin → containsReservoir → Cahora Bassa Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahora Bassa Dam reservoir
Zambezi Basin → containsLake → Cahora Bassa Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahora Bassa Lake
Zambezi Basin → hasHydropowerDam → Cahora Bassa Dam ⓘ
Cahora Bassa Dam → formsReservoir → Cahora Bassa Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Cahora Bassa
Cahora Bassa Dam → operator → Cahora Bassa Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa
Cahora Bassa Dam → reservoirName → Cahora Bassa Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Cahora Bassa
Tete Province → hasHydroelectricResource → Cahora Bassa Dam ⓘ
Tete Province → hasPowerInfrastructure → Cahora Bassa Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Power Station
Tete Province → hasInfrastructure → Cahora Bassa Dam ⓘ
Songo → near → Cahora Bassa Dam ⓘ
Songo → partOf → Cahora Bassa Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahora Bassa Dam support area
Songo → hasNearbyFeature → Cahora Bassa Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahora Bassa Reservoir