Cahora Bassa Dam

The Cahora Bassa Dam is a dam across the Zambezi River, located in Mozambique. Completed in 1979, the resultant reservoir, the Cahora Bassa Lake, was built principally for the generation of conventional hydroelectric power for use in South Africa. The Cahora Bassa Dam is one of two major dams on the Zambezi, the other being the Kariba Dam. The project commenced in 1969 and, after much political debate, began to come online in 1979. Jointly owned by the governments of Mozambique and Portugal, from independence until 2007, eighteen percent share of the dam and its reservoir was owned by Mozambique and eighty-two percent by Portugal. In 2007, Portugal sold down its share to 15 percent. The Cahora Bassa Dam is the largest hydroelectric power plant in southern Africa and the most efficient power-generating station in Mozambique.

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