Cahora Bassa Dam

The Cahora Bassa Dam is located in . It is one of two major dams on the river, the other being the . The project began to come online in 1979 after much political debate.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Mozambique
  • Also known as: “Cabora Bassa Dam”, “Cahora Bassa”, and “Cahorabassa”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Songo.

is a town in . The nearby dam, called Cahora Bassa, is a large hydroelectric scheme that supplies electricity to grids as far as .

Cahora Bassa Dam

Latitude
-15.58547° or 15° 35′ 8″ south
Longitude
32.70511° or 32° 42′ 18″ east
Elevation
220 metres (722 feet)
Open location code
5GPJCP74+R2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 842089986
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
1085544
Wiki­data ID
Q11962991
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Cahora Bassa Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد كاهورا باسا”
  • Belarusian: “Кабора-Баса”
  • Catalan: “presa Cahora Bassa”
  • Cebuano: “Cahora Bassa”
  • Chinese: “卡布拉•巴薩水壩”
  • Chinese: “卡布拉巴萨水电站”
  • Chinese: “卡布拉巴薩水電站”
  • French: “barrage de Cahora Bassa”
  • French: “Barrage de Cahora Bassa”
  • German: “Cabora Bassa”
  • German: “Cahora-Bassa-Damm”
  • German: “Cahora-Bassa-Talsperre”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Big Cahora”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Cahora Bassa Dam”
  • Hausa: “Dam din Cahora Bassa”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Cahora Bassa”
  • Italian: “diga di Cahora Bassa”
  • Japanese: “カオラ・バッサダム”
  • Japanese: “カホラ・バッサ・ダム”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cabora Bassa-dammen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cahora Bassa-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Cahora Bassa-demningen”
  • Persian: “سد کاهورا باسا”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem de Cabora Bassa”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem de Cabora-Bassa”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem de Cahora Bassa”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem de Cahora-Bassa”
  • Portuguese: “Caborabassa”
  • Russian: “Кахора-Баса”
  • Spanish: “Presa de Cahora Bassa”
  • Spanish: “Represa de Cahora Bassa”
  • Tswana: “Letamo la Cahora Bassa”
  • Twi: “Cahora Bassa Dam”
  • Twi: “Zambezi Kɛseɛ”
  • Ukrainian: “Кахора-Баса”

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