Life - Our Planet – Environment - Africa Lake Kariba Water Hyacinth Zimbabwe and Zambia
Lake Kariba is one of the largest artificial lakes in the world which was created following the construction of the Kariba dam across Africa’s forth longest river the Zambezi, in 1958, when it was officially opened by the Queen Mother. It is the third largest dam in Africa after Aswan in Egypt and Cahora Bassa on the same Zambezi River in neighbouring Mozambique Built to produce hydroelectric power Kariba dam straddles the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Its concrete-arch structure is 128 metres high and has a length along its crest of about 610 metres. Lake Kariba covers approximately 282 square kilometres, about 40 kilometres at its widest point. When the lake was formed, in 1960-1961, about 50,000 people were displaced and had to be resettled. It was also when ‘Operation Noah’ was set in motion in order to save many species of wildlife.
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Location: Africa Zimbabwe
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