Vanderkloof Dam
The Vanderkloof Dam is situated approximately 130 km downstream from Gariep Dam and is fed by the Orange River, South Africa's largest river. Vanderkloof Dam is the second-largest dam in South Africa, having the highest dam wall in the country at 108 metres.Photo: JacoRoselt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Vanderkloof
Photo: Wesley olis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vanderkloof is a town and holiday resort on the shores of the Vanderkloof Dam on the Orange River in the Northern Cape Karoo region of Northern Cape province in South Africa.
Vanderkloof Dam
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: dam in Between Northern Cape and Free State
- Categories: dam, hydroelectric power station, and body of water
- Location: Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Vanderkloof Dam” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “P.K. le Roux Dam”
- Afrikaans: “P.K. le Rouxdam”
- Afrikaans: “Vanderkloofdam”
- Dutch: “Vanderkloofdam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد فاندركلوف”
- French: “barrage de Vanderkloof”
- French: “Barrage de Vanderkloof”
- German: “Talsperre Vanderkloof”
- Hausa: “Dam ɗin Vanderkloof”
- Italian: “diga di Vanderkloof”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vanderkloof-dammen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vanderkloof-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vanderkloofdamm”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vanderkloofdemningen”
- Norwegian: “Vanderkloof-demningen”
- Persian: “سد وندرکلوف”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Vanderkloof”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Vanderkloof”
- Yoruba: “Vanderkloof Dam”
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