Songo
Songo is a town in Central Mozambique. The nearby dam, called Cahora Bassa, is a large hydroelectric scheme that supplies electricity to grids as far as South Africa.Notable Places in the Area
Songo Airport
Aerodrome
Songo Airport serves the town of Songo, Mozambique. Construction of the airport started in 1971.
Cahora Bassa
Electrical substation
Cahora-Bassa is an HVDC power transmission system between the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Generation Station at the Cahora Bassa Dam in Mozambique, and Johannesburg, South Africa. Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Songo
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Mozambique
- Location: Central Mozambique, Mozambique, Southern Africa, Africa
Latitude -15.5958° or 15° 35' 45" south | Longitude 32.7647° or 32° 45' 53" east |
Elevation 910 metres (2986 feet) | GeoNames ID 1026755 |
Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Cabora Bassa-dam
- Afrikaans: Cabora Bassa
- Afrikaans: Cahora Bassa-dam
- Afrikaans: Cahora Bassa
- Belarusian: Кабора-Баса
- Bulgarian: Кахора Баса
- Catalan: Cahora Bassa
- Chinese: 卡布拉巴萨水库
- Chinese: 卡布拉巴薩水庫
- Czech: Cabora Bassa
- Czech: Cahora Bassa
- Danish: Cabora Bassa
- Danish: Cabora Bassa Reservoir
- Danish: Cahora Bassa
- Danish: Cahora Bassa Reservoir
- Dutch: Cabora Bassa
- Dutch: Cabora Bassadam
- Dutch: Cahora Bassa
- Dutch: Cahora Bassadam
- English: Cahora Bassa
- Esperanto: Cabora Bassa
- Esperanto: Cahora Bassa
- Finnish: Cabora Bassa
- Finnish: Cahora Bassa
- French: Cahora Bassa
- French: Lac de Cahora Bassa
- German: Cabora-Bassa-Talsperre
- German: Cabora Bassa
- German: Cahora-Bassa-Stausee
- German: Cahora Bassa
- Hungarian: Cahora Bassa-víztározó
- Italian: Cabora Bassa
- Italian: Lago di cabora bassa
- Italian: diga di Cabora Bassa
- Japanese: カオラ・バッサ
- Lithuanian: Kabora Basa
- Norwegian: Cahora-Bassa
- Norwegian Bokmål: Cahora-Bassa
- Norwegian Bokmål: Cahora Bassa
- Polish: Cabora Bassa
- Polish: Cahora Bassa
- Portuguese: Barragem de Cahora Bassa
- Portuguese: Barragem de cabora bassa
- Portuguese: Cabora baça
- Russian: Кабора-Басса ГЭС
- Russian: Кахора-Баса
- Spanish: Cabora Bassa
- Spanish: Cahora Bassa
- Spanish: Embalse de Cahora Bassa
- Spanish: Presa de Cabora Bassa
- Spanish: Presa de Cahora Bassa
- Swati: Cahora Bassa
- Swedish: Cabora Bassa
- Swedish: Cahora-Bassa
- Swedish: Cahora Bassa-dammen
- Swedish: Cahora Bassa
- Swedish: Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa
- Ukrainian: Кахора-Баса
- Diga di Cabora Bassa
Other Places Named Songo
- SongoAngola
- SongoBurkina Faso
- Songo ChicoPeru
- Songon-AgbanCôte d'Ivoire
- SongoBurkina Faso
- Song-eo-riVillage, Gangwon, South Korea
In the Area
Localities
Landmarks
- SongoAirfield
- Serra SongaMountain
- Cahora Bassa DamDam
- Serra ChipiriziuaMountain
- Serra MorumboeMountain
- Serra EngoeMountain, 11 km west
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