Vaal Dam

The Vaal Dam in was constructed in 1938 and lies 77 km south of OR Tambo International Airport, . The lake behind the dam wall has a surface area of about 320 square kilometres and is 47 meters deep.
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  • Reservoir
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,486 metres (4,875 feet)
  • …is also known as “Vaal Bank”
  • Description: dam on the Vaal River in South Africa

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oranjeville.
is a small town situated on the banks… is situated 8 km south of Vaal Dam.

Vaal Dam

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Latitude
-26.91739° or 26° 55′ 3″ south
Longitude
28.20609° or 28° 12′ 22″ east
Open location code
5G5C36M4+2C
Geo­Names ID
945603
Wiki­data ID
Q978936

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Vaal Dam” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Vaaldam”
  • Arabic: “سد فال”
  • Cebuano: “Vaal Dam”
  • Chinese: “瓦爾水壩”
  • French: “Barrage de Vaal”
  • Fulah: “Baraas Vaal”
  • German: “Vaal-Talsperre”
  • Hausa: “Rashin ruwa na Vaal”
  • 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”
  • Tswana: “Letamo la vaal”
  • Yoruba: “Vaal Dam”

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