Itezhi-Tezhi Dam
The Itezhi-Tezhi Dam on the Kafue River in west-central Zambia was built between 1974 and 1977 at the Itezhi-Tezhi Gap, in a range of hills through which the river had eroded a narrow valley, leading to the broad expanse of the wetlands known as the Kafue Flats.- Dam
- …lies at an elevation of 1,030 metres (3,379 feet)
- Also known as“Iteshi-Teshi Dam”“Meshi Teshi”“Meshi Teshi Dam”
Itezhi-Tezhi Dam
- Category: hydroelectric power station
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Latitude
-15.75987° or 15° 45′ 36″ south
Longitude
26.02126° or 26° 1′ 17″ east
Open location code
5GP862RC+3G
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Itezhi-Tezhi Dam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد إيتيزي-تيزي”
- Cebuano: “Itezhi-Tezhi Dam”
- Dutch: “Itezhi-Tezhi Dam”
- French: “barrage d’Itezhi-Tezhi”
- French: “Barrage d’Itezhi-Tezhi”
- German: “Itezhi-Tezhi-Damm”
- German: “Itezhitezhi-Damm”
- Hausa: “Rashin ruwa na Itezhi-Tezhi”
- Italian: “diga di Itezhi-Tezhi”
- Italian: “Diga di Itezhi-Tezhi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Itezhi-Tezhi-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Itezhi-Tezhi-demningen”
- Persian: “سد ایتژی-تژی”
- Russian: “Дамба Итежи-Тежи”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Itezhi-Tezhi”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Itezhi-Tezhi”
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