Fika-Patso Dam

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Fika-Patso Dam
Official name Fika-Patso Dam
Country South Africa
Location Phuthaditjhaba, Free State
Coordinates 28°40′21″S28°51′24″E / 28.67250°S 28.85667°E / -28.67250; 28.85667 Coordinates: 28°40′21″S28°51′24″E / 28.67250°S 28.85667°E / -28.67250; 28.85667
Purpose Industrial and domestic
Opening date 1986
Owner(s) Department of Water Affairs
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Earth fill dam
Impounds Namahadi River
Height 60 m
Length 300 m
Reservoir
Creates Fika-Patso Dam Reservoir
Total capacity 28 000 000 m3
Surface area 132 ha

Fika-Patso Dam is a combined earth-fill/rock-fill type dam located on the Namahadi River, the uppermost section of the Elands River, a tributary of the Wilge River. [1]

Elands River (Wilge) river in South Africa

The Elands River is a northward-flowing tributary of the Wilge River, part of the Vaal River basin, South Africa. Its sources are in the Mont-Aux-Sources.

Wilge River River in Free State, South Africa, tributary of Vaal River

The Wilge River is a tributary of the Vaal River in central South Africa. This river is important as part of the Tugela-Vaal Water Transfer Scheme where water is transferred from the Tugela River basin to the Vaal River basin.

It is located near Phuthaditjhaba, Free State, South Africa. It was established in 1986 and its primary purpose is water for domestic and industrial usage. [2]

Phuthaditjhaba Place in Free State, South Africa

Phuthaditjhaba is a town in the Free State province of South Africa. Phuthaditjhaba is a seSotho name that means meeting place of the tribes. It is located on the banks of the Elands River. It also located in a section of Drakensberg mountains . it is bordered by the province of KwaZulu-Natal to the southeast and the independent country of Lesotho to the southwest.

South Africa Republic in the southernmost part of Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini (Swaziland); and it surrounds the enclaved country of Lesotho. South Africa is the largest country in Southern Africa and the 25th-largest country in the world by land area and, with over 57 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere. About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different African languages, nine of which have official status. The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European (White), Asian (Indian), and multiracial (Coloured) ancestry.

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References

  1. ↑ Upper Vaal WMA 8
  2. ↑ List of South African Dams from the Department of Water Affairs


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