Katse Dam
The Katse Dam, a concrete arch dam on the Malibamatšo River in Lesotho, is Africa's second largest double-curvature arch dam after the Tekezé Dam in Ethiopia.Photo: SkyPixels, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Katse Botanical Gardens and Katse Airport.
Katse Botanical Gardens
Garden
Katse Botanical Gardens is a centre for Alpine flora in Katse village, Lesotho. The gardens were created as a result of plant rescue missions to mitigate the impact of the Katse Dam, particularly spiral aloes.
Katse Airport
Aerodrome
Katse Airport is an airport serving the Katse Dam section of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project in north-central Lesotho. The high elevation runway has a 215 metres overrun on the south end, and a steep dropoff to the Malibamatso River on the north end. Katse Airport is situated 3½ km southeast of Katse Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khatse and Seshote.
Khatse
Katse is a tiny village in the Lesotho Highlands. It is near and gives its name to the Katse Dam, a huge manmade reservoir built to sell water to neighbouring South Africa.Seshote
Town
Seshote is a community council located in the Leribe District of Lesotho. Its population in 2006 was 9,359. Seshote is situated 8 km northeast of Katse Dam.
Katse Dam
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: dam
- Categories: dam and body of water
- Location: Thaba-Tseka District, Lesotho, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Spanish—“Katse Dam” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Katsedam”
- Arabic: “سد كاتسي”
- Chinese: “卡齊壩”
- Chinese: “卡齐坝”
- Dutch: “Katsedam”
- French: “barrage de Katse”
- French: “Barrage de Katse”
- German: “Katse-Talsperre”
- Hindi: “कात्से बाँध”
- Italian: “diga di Katse”
- Japanese: “カツェダム”
- Lithuanian: “Kacės užtvanka”
- Persian: “سد کاتسه”
- Polish: “Katse Dam”
- Polish: “Zapora Katse”
- Polish: “Zapora Katsw”
- Portuguese: “Barragem de Katse”
- Spanish: “Presa de Katse”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Katse and Letlapeng.
Notable Places Nearby
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