List of dams and reservoirs in Eastern Cape
Below is a list of dams and reservoirs in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2011) |
Name of Dam (Alternative) | Nearest Town | Impounds | Year completed (commissioned) | Capacity (Megaliter) | Surface Area (km2) | Height of Wall (meter) | Location | Notes |
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Aasvoel Dam | Humansdorp | Seekoei River | 1997 | 390 | 15 | 34°2′52″S 24°44′47″E / 34.04778°S 24.74639°E / -34.04778; 24.74639 | ||
Anderson Dam | Dordrecht | Holspruit | 1990 | 1 530 | 300 | 19 | ||
Andrew F.C. Turpin Dam | Bedford | Nyara River | 32°39′8″S 26°4′18″E / 32.65222°S 26.07167°E / -32.65222; 26.07167 | |||||
Arnhem Dam | Grahamstown | |||||||
Avonleigh Dam | Graaff-Reinet | Moordenaars River | ||||||
Bakers Dam | Willowmore | |||||||
Balura Dam (Ciskei) | Alice | |||||||
Bathurst Stream Dam | Bathurst | |||||||
Beervlei Dam | Willowmore | Groot River | 1957 | 88,096[1] | 33°02′19″S 23°27′57″E / 33.03861°S 23.46583°E / -33.03861; 23.46583 | |||
Belfort Dam | Matatiele | 413[1] | 30°09′39″S 28°43′15″E / 30.16083°S 28.72083°E / -30.16083; 28.72083 | |||||
Biggs Dam | Middelburg | |||||||
Binfield Park Dam | Alice | Tyhume River | 1986 | 36,849[1] | 1.870 | 60 | 32°41′13″S 26°54′16″E / 32.68694°S 26.90444°E / -32.68694; 26.90444 | |
Birmingham Dam (new) | ||||||||
Bizana Dam | ||||||||
Bloemhof Dam | ||||||||
Bokkloof Dam | ||||||||
Bonkolo Dam | Queenstown | Komani River | 1908 | 6,943[1] | 24 | 31°52′04.4″S 26°55′15.4″E / 31.867889°S 26.920944°E / -31.867889; 26.920944 (Bongolo Dam) | ||
Boshoek Dam | ||||||||
Bravo Dam | ||||||||
Bridle Drift Dam | East London | Buffels River | 1969 | 97,923[1] | 7.460 | 55 | 32°59′22″S 27°43′14″E / 32.98944°S 27.72056°E / -32.98944; 27.72056 | |
Bulhoek Dam | ||||||||
Bulk River Dam | ||||||||
Bulolo Dam | ||||||||
Bushmans Krantz Dam | Katberg | Oskraal River[2] | 4,818[1] | 32°20′58″S 26°40′56″E / 32.34944°S 26.68222°E / -32.34944; 26.68222 | ||||
Cata Dam | Keiskammahoek | Cata River | 12,080[1] | |||||
Churchill Dam (Krom River Dam) | 34°0′3″S 24°29′36″E / 34.00083°S 24.49333°E / -34.00083; 24.49333 | |||||||
Collywobbles Dam | ||||||||
Corana Dam | 725[1] | |||||||
Ctaigievar Dam | ||||||||
Cypress Grove Dam | ||||||||
Dabi Dam | ||||||||
Darlington Dam | 179,840[1] | 33°08′52″S 25°07′59″E / 33.14778°S 25.13306°E / -33.14778; 25.13306 | ||||||
De Mistkraal Dam | 2,053[1] | |||||||
Debe Dam | Middle Drift | 6,331 | ||||||
Dennegeur Dam | ||||||||
Dogplum Dam | ||||||||
Donnybrook Dam | ||||||||
Doring River Dam | 31°29′50″S 27°19′58″E / 31.49722°S 27.33278°E / -31.49722; 27.33278 | |||||||
Driefontein Dam | 31°51′58″S 23°53′18″E / 31.86611°S 23.88833°E / -31.86611; 23.88833 | |||||||
Drieshof Dam | ||||||||
Du Toitsvlakte Dam | ||||||||
Edenvale Dam | ||||||||
Eensaamheid Dam | ||||||||
Elandsdrift Dam | Cradock | Great Fish River | 3,546[1] | 32°31′48.2″S 25°45′22.5″E / 32.530056°S 25.756250°E / -32.530056; 25.756250 | ||||
Endwell van Niekerk Dam | ||||||||
Eselhoek Dam | ||||||||
Ezeljacht Dam | ||||||||
Fingo Gronde Dam | ||||||||
First Falls Dam | ||||||||
Formosa Dam | ||||||||
Gcuwa Dam | 421[1] | 32°18′47″S 28°08′01″E / 32.31306°S 28.13361°E / -32.31306; 28.13361 | ||||||
Geelhout Dam | ||||||||
Glen Boyd Dam | ||||||||
Glen Cliffe Dam | ||||||||
Glen Melville Dam | 6,229[1] | 33°11′43″S 26°39′00″E / 33.19528°S 26.65000°E / -33.19528; 26.65000 | ||||||
Glenbrock Dam | ||||||||
Glenthorn Dam | ||||||||
Grassridge Dam | Groot Brak River | 44,5[2] | ||||||
Groendal Dam | Swartopz River | 11,7[2] | ||||||
Gubu Dam | Gubu River | 8,6[2] | ||||||
Golden Ridge Dam | ||||||||
Impofu Dam | Krom River | 105,8[2] | ||||||
Jozanashoek Dam | Sterkspruit River | 9,5[2] | ||||||
Katrivier Dam | Kat River | 24,9[2] | ||||||
Kommandodrift Dam | Tarka River | 55,9[2] | ||||||
Koega Dam | Koega River | 126[2] | ||||||
Kromrivier Dam | Krom River | 35,3[2] | ||||||
Laing Dam | Buffalo River | 19[2] | ||||||
Lake Arthur Dam | Tarka River | 11,3[2] | ||||||
Loerie Dam | Loeriespruit River | 3,1[2] | ||||||
Lubisi Dam | Indwe River | 113,6[2] | ||||||
Mabeleni Dam | Mhlahlane River | 2,1[2] | ||||||
Macubeni Dam | Cacadu River | 3,4[2] | ||||||
Mlanga Dam | Mlanga River | 1,6[2] | ||||||
Mnyameni Dam | uMnyama River | 1,9[2] | ||||||
Nahoon Dam | Nahoom River | 19,3[2] | ||||||
Ncora Dam | Tsomo River | 147,3[2] | ||||||
Nqadu Dam | Nqadu River | 1,3[2] | ||||||
Nqweba Dam | Sondags River | 44,8[2] | ||||||
Ntenetyana Dam | Ntenetyana River | 1,7[2] | ||||||
Nuwejaars Dam | Nuwejaarspruit Rivier | 4,6[2] | ||||||
Oxkraal Dam | Oskraal River | 14,9[2] | ||||||
Rooikrans Dam | Quonce | Buffalo River | 4,8[2] | |||||
Sandile Dam | Keiskammahoerk | 29,656[1] | 32°42′29″S 27°06′08″E / 32.70806°S 27.10222°E / -32.70806; 27.10222 | |||||
Settlers Dam | Grahamstown | Kariega River and Palmiet River | 33°24′42″S 26°30′34″E / 33.41167°S 26.50944°E / -33.41167; 26.50944 | |||||
Toleni Dam | Toleni River | 29,7[2] | ||||||
Tsojana Dam | Tsojana River | 12,3[2] | ||||||
Umtata Dam | Mtata River | 244,7[2] | ||||||
Waterdown Dam | Klipplaat Rivier | 37,5[2] | ||||||
Wriggleswade Dam | Kubisi Rivier | 91,5[2] | ||||||
Xilinxa Dam | Xilinxa River | 13,9[2] | ||||||
Xonxa Dam | White Kei River | 115,9[2] |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n South African Department of Water and Sanitation. State of the Reservoirs: Supplementary Report. 2022-01-14
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Jan, Booysen (21 February 2022). "Eastern Cape Province Dam Levels | Water Reservoirs | State of Dams". SAWX South African Weather. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- List of South African Dams from the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (South Africa)