Voëlvlei Dam
Voëlvlei Dam is a dam located in the Western Cape, South Africa near the town of Gouda. The earth-fill wall is 2,910 metres long and 10 metres high. The reservoir covers an area of 1,524 hectares and has a capacity of 168,000 megalitres, making it the second-largest reservoir in the Western Cape Water Supply System.Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: dam in South Africa
- Also known as: “Voëlvlei”, “Voelvlei Dam”, “Vogel Vallij”, and “Vogelvlei”
Voëlvlei Dam
- Categories: dam and body of water
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Persian—“Voëlvlei Dam” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Voëlvleidam”
- Cebuano: “Voëlvlei Dam”
- Dutch: “Vogelvaleidam”
- Hausa: “Dam ɗin Voëlvlei”
- Italian: “diga di Voëlvlei”
- Persian: “سد وئولی”
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