Kariba Dam
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 tall and 579 metres long.
- Type: Dam
- Description: a double curvature concrete arch dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe
- Also known as: “din foforo”, “Kariba”, “Karibasee”, “ГЭС «Кариба»”, and “卡里巴大坝”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kariba and Siavonga.
Kariba Dam
- Categories: arch dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Zambia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-16.52205° or 16° 31′ 19″ south
Longitude
28.76165° or 28° 45′ 42″ east
Elevation
487 metres (1,598 feet)
Open location code
5GMCFQH6+5M
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Kariba Dam” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Karibadam”
- Arabic: “سد كاريبا”
- Bulgarian: “Кариба (язовир)”
- Bulgarian: “Кариба”
- Catalan: “presa de Kariba”
- Catalan: “Presa de Kariba”
- Cebuano: “Kariba Dam”
- Chinese: “卡里巴坝”
- Chinese: “卡里巴壩”
- Chinese: “卡里巴水坝”
- Dagbani: “Kariba Dam”
- Danish: “Karibadæmningen”
- Dutch: “Kariba Dam”
- French: “barrage de Kariba”
- French: “Barrage de Kariba”
- Fulah: “Maayo Kariba”
- German: “Kariba-Talsperre”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Kariba Dam”
- Hausa: “Ruwan ruwa na Kariba”
- Hebrew: “סכר קריבה”
- Indonesian: “Bendungan Kariba”
- Irish: “Damba Kariba”
- Italian: “diga di Kariba”
- Italian: “Diga di Kariba”
- Japanese: “カリバダム”
- Korean: “카리바댐”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kariba-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Karibademningen”
- Persian: “سد کاریبا”
- Polish: “Zapora Kariba”
- Portuguese: “Barragem de Cariba”
- Romanian: “Barajul Kariba”
- Russian: “ГЭС Кариба”
- Russian: “Кариба ГЭС”
- Serbian: “Кариба (брана)”
- Serbian: “Кариба”
- Shona: “Dhamu reKariba”
- Slovenian: “Jez Kariba”
- Spanish: “Presa de Kariba”
- Swahili: “Bwawa la Kariba”
- Swedish: “Karibadammen”
- Tamil: “கரிபா அணை”
- Telugu: “కరిబ ఆనకట్ట”
- Tswana: “Letamo la Kariba”
- Turkish: “Kariba Barajı”
- Twi: “Kariba Dam”
- Ukrainian: “Кариба”
- Ukrainian: “Каріба”
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