Jericho Dam
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Jericho Dam | |
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Official name | Jericho Dam |
Country | South Africa |
Location | Amsterdam, Mpumalanga |
Coordinates | 26°39′15″S 30°29′10″E / 26.65417°S 30.48611°E |
Purpose | Industrial and domestic |
Opening date | 1966/68 |
Operator(s) | Department of Water Affairs |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Combination gravity and earth fill dam |
Impounds | Mpama River |
Height | 21.3 m |
Length | 1 167.8 m |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Jericho Dam Reservoir |
Total capacity | 59 300 000 m3[1] |
Catchment area | 218 km2 |
Surface area | 982.5 ha |
Jericho Dam is a combined concrete gravity and earth-fill type dam on the Mpama River, near Amsterdam, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It became operational from 1966 though to 1968 and its primary purpose is to serve for municipal and industrial use.
See also
See also
- ^ "Mpumalanga Provincial State of Dams". Water & Sanitation. Department: Water & Sanitation, RSA. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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