Vaal Dam
The Vaal Dam in South Africa was constructed in 1938 and lies 77 km south of OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg. The lake behind the dam wall has a surface area of about 320 square kilometres and is 47 meters deep.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: dam on the Vaal River in South Africa
- Also known as: “Vaal Bank”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oranjeville.
Oranjeville
Suburb
Oranjeville is a small town situated on the banks of the Wilge River in the Free State province of South Africa. The town is on the southern bank of the Vaal Dam, 14 kilometres south-east of Deneysville and 46 kilometres north-east of Heilbron. Oranjeville is situated 8 km south of Vaal Dam.
Vaal Dam
- Categories: dam and body of water
- Location: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Vaal Dam” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Vaaldam”
- Cebuano: “Vaal Dam”
- Chinese: “瓦爾水壩”
- German: “Vaal-Talsperre”
- Igbo: “Ihe mgbochi mmiri Vaal”
- Italian: “diga di Vaal”
- Korean: “발댐”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vaaldemningen”
- Norwegian: “Vaaldemningen”
- Persian: “سد وال”
- Polish: “Vaal Dam”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Vaal”
- Yoruba: “Vaal Dam”
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Localities in the Area
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