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Kariba Dam

Siavonga District, Zimbabwe

The 651st largest power station in the world

1.32 GW · Capacity

The Kariba Dam is a double curvature concrete arch dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The dam stands 128 metres (420 ft) tall and 579 metres (1, 900 ft) long. The dam forms Lake Kariba, which extends for 280 kilometres (170 mi) and holds 185 cubic kilometres (150, 000, 000 acre⋅ft) of water.

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