Itezhi-Tezhi Dam

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hydroelectric dam water-regulation dam

Itezhi-Tezhi Dam is a major hydroelectric and water-regulation dam in Zambia that helps control flows and generate power along the Kafue River system, a key tributary of the Zambezi.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Itezhi-Tezhi Dam canonical 11
Itezhi-Tezhi Reservoir 3
Itezhi-Tezhi Dam reservoir 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric dam ⓘ
water-regulation dam ⓘ
affects Kafue Flats ⓘ
surface form: Kafue Flats wetlands

downstream flood regime ⓘ
basinCountry Zambia ⓘ
constructionMaterial earth-fill ⓘ
constructionStart 1974 ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Zambia ⓘ
countrySubdivision Southern Province ⓘ
damType embankment dam ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
hasPowerPlant Itezhi-Tezhi Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Itezhi-Tezhi Hydropower Station
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height 62 m ⓘ
impounds Itezhi-Tezhi Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Itezhi-Tezhi Reservoir
installedCapacity 120 MW ⓘ
length 1800 m ⓘ
locatedIn Itezhi-Tezhi District ⓘ
Southern Province, Zambia ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Kafue National Park ⓘ
locatedNear Itezhi-Tezhi town ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Kafue River ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 2 ⓘ
openingDate 1977 ⓘ
operator Itezhi-Tezhi Power Corporation Limited ⓘ
ZESCO ⓘ
ownedBy Government of Zambia ⓘ
partOf Kafue Gorge Lower Power Station ⓘ
surface form: Kafue Gorge hydropower scheme
purpose flood control ⓘ
flow regulation ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
regulatesFlowTo Kafue Gorge Dam ⓘ
reservoirCapacity 5850000000 m3 ⓘ
reservoirName Itezhi-Tezhi Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Itezhi-Tezhi Reservoir
reservoirSurfaceArea 370 km2 ⓘ
riverSystem Kafue River ⓘ
surface form: Kafue River system
status operational ⓘ
tributaryOf Zambezi River ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
usedFor electricity supply to Zambian grid ⓘ
support of industrial water use on Kafue River ⓘ
support of irrigation downstream ⓘ
watercourse Kafue River ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Zambezi River → hasDam → Itezhi-Tezhi Dam ⓘ
Kafue River → hasHydropowerDam → Itezhi-Tezhi Dam ⓘ
Kafue River → formsReservoir → Itezhi-Tezhi Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itezhi-Tezhi Reservoir
Kafue River → hasFloodRegulationStructure → Itezhi-Tezhi Dam ⓘ
Zambezi Basin → hasHydropowerDam → Itezhi-Tezhi Dam ⓘ
Itezhi-Tezhi Dam → impounds → Itezhi-Tezhi Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itezhi-Tezhi Reservoir
Itezhi-Tezhi Dam → reservoirName → Itezhi-Tezhi Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itezhi-Tezhi Reservoir
Itezhi-Tezhi Dam → hasPowerPlant → Itezhi-Tezhi Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itezhi-Tezhi Hydropower Station
Itezhi-Tezhi District → contains → Itezhi-Tezhi Dam ⓘ
Itezhi-Tezhi District → hasFeature → Itezhi-Tezhi Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itezhi-Tezhi Dam reservoir
Itezhi-Tezhi District → hasBodyOfWater → Itezhi-Tezhi Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itezhi-Tezhi Dam reservoir
Itezhi-Tezhi District → hasTouristAttraction → Itezhi-Tezhi Dam ⓘ
Itezhi-Tezhi Power Corporation Limited → operatesPowerPlant → Itezhi-Tezhi Dam ⓘ
Itezhi-Tezhi Power Corporation Limited → suppliesElectricityFrom → Itezhi-Tezhi Dam ⓘ
Itezhi-Tezhi Power Corporation Limited → basedOnInfrastructure → Itezhi-Tezhi Dam ⓘ
Itezhi-Tezhi town → developedNear → Itezhi-Tezhi Dam ⓘ
subject surface form: Itezhi-Tezhi
Southern Province → containsWaterBody → Itezhi-Tezhi Dam ⓘ