Roodeplaat Dam
Roodeplaat Dam is a concrete arch dam situated in South Africa on the Pienaars River, a tributary of the Crocodile River, which flows northwards into the Limpopo River.Photo: Chronoplast, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Near Pretoria, Gauteng
- Also known as: “Pienaars River Dam” and “Pienaarsrivier Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Roodeplaat Nature Reserve.
Roodeplaat Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Roodeplaat Nature Reserve is located on the shores of the Roodeplaat Dam, 22 km north-east of Pretoria, Gauteng. In 1972 the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry delegated the management of the Roodeplaat Dam area to the Nature Conservation division of the Transvaal Provincial Administration. Roodeplaat Nature Reserve is situated 2½ km southwest of Roodeplaat Dam.
Roodeplaat Dam
- Category: arch dam
- Location: Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-25.62077° or 25° 37′ 15″ southLongitude
28.37176° or 28° 22′ 18″ eastOpen location code
5G6C99HC+MPOpenStreetMap ID
way 808592124OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q2739130
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Roodeplaat Dam” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Roodeplaatdam”
- Hausa: “Dam ɗin Roodeplaat”
- Persian: “سد رودپلاات”
- Yoruba: “Roodeplaat Dam”
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