{"id":359455,"date":"2026-03-31T15:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=359455"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:36:10","slug":"zambezi-river-and-kariba-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/zambezi-river-and-kariba-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambezi River and Kariba Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> A 500MW Floating Solar Plant is being designed to be installed at Kariba Dam to boost power supply in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<h2>About Zambezi River and Kariba Dam<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 348px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.victoriafalls-guide.net\/images\/length-of-zambezi-river.png?resize=348%2C217&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Zambezi River \" width=\"348\" height=\"217\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: koamnewsnow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>About Zambezi River<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Zambezi River is the <strong>fourth-longest river in Africa<\/strong> (after Nile, Congo, Niger).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Origin:<\/strong> It starts off in a s<strong>hallow depression in Angola\u2019s southern highlands<\/strong>, at the source of a river called the <strong>Lungwebungu.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Length:<\/strong> It has a total length of <strong>3,421 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Drains into:<\/strong> It drains into the <strong>Indian Ocean<\/strong> via a 100-km-wide delta.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Countries covered:<\/strong> It flows through <strong>Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Tributaries:<\/strong> The main tributaries of the Zambezi River include the<strong> Shire, Kafue, Luangwa, Kabompo, and Cuando (Kwando) rivers.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Waterfalls:<\/strong> The river is known for several notable waterfalls, including<strong> Victoria Falls, one of the world\u2019s largest waterfalls<\/strong>, and the <strong>Chavuma Falls on the Zambia-Angola border.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Famous Dams:<\/strong> Cohara Bassa and <strong>Kariba Dams<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Kariba Dam<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> The Kariba dam is a<strong> double curvature concrete arch dam<\/strong> in the <strong>Kariba gorge<\/strong> of the <strong>Zambezi river basin<\/strong> between <strong>Zambia and Zimbabwe<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Size:<\/strong> It stands about<strong> 128 m tall<\/strong> and stretches around <strong>617 m in length.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <strong>constructed between 1956 and 1959.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <strong>created Lake Kariba,<\/strong> the<strong> largest man-made lake in the world by reservoir storage capacity,<\/strong> holding 181 cubic kilometers of water.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can<strong> generate around 1,700 MW of electricity for Zambia and Zimbabwe.<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each country has its <strong>own power station<\/strong>, one on the north bank and one on the south bank of the dam.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A 500MW Floating Solar Plant is being designed to be installed at Kariba Dam to boost power supply in Zimbabwe. About Zambezi River and Kariba Dam About Zambezi River The Zambezi River is the fourth-longest river in Africa (after Nile, Congo, Niger). 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