Albert Falls Dam
Albert Falls Dam is a dam in the Umgeni River, just outside Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Established in 1976, the dam has a gross capacity of 290.1 million cubic meters and a surface area of 23.521 square kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
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Albert Falls
Village
Albert Falls is a town in Umgungundlovu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It is next to the Albert Falls Game Reserve and the Albert Falls Dam.
Albert Falls Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in the Umgeni River, just outside Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Location: UMshwathi Local Municipality, Umgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-29.43602° or 29° 26′ 10″ southLongitude
30.42469° or 30° 25′ 29″ eastOpen location code
5G2GHC7F+HVOpenStreetMap ID
way 721855163OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q2082039
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Russian—“Albert Falls Dam” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Albert Falls-dam”
- Cebuano: “Albert Falls Dam”
- Chinese: “阿爾伯特瀑布大壩”
- Dutch: “Albert Fallsdam”
- German: “Albert Falls Dam”
- German: “Albert-Falls-Damm”
- German: “Albert-Falls-Talsperre”
- Italian: “diga di Albert Falls”
- Malayalam: “ആൽബർട്ട് ഫാൾസ് അണക്കെട്ട്”
- Persian: “سد ابشار البرت”
- Russian: “Альберт-Фаллс-Дам”
- Russian: “Альберт-Фоллс”
Places with the Same Name
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Notable Places Nearby
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Nearby Places
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