Lake Mzingazi Dam

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Lake Mzingazi Dam
Official nameLake Mzingazi Dam
Location KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Coordinates 28°46′1″S32°5′1″E / 28.76694°S 32.08361°E / -28.76694; 32.08361
Opening date1942
Operator(s)Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
Dam and spillways
Impounds Mzingazi River
Height8 m
Length1 800 m
Reservoir
CreatesLake Mzingazi
Total capacity37 000 000 m³
Surface area1 100 ha

Lake Mzingazi Dam is a dam on the Mzingazi River, near Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [1] It was established in 1942.

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  1. ↑ Moloi, Puleng Cathrine (2012). The Mzingazi gauging weir and its effects on the fish and macrocrustacean communities of Lake Mzingazi (Masters Science in the Department of Zoology thesis). Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Zululand. Retrieved 17 June 2025.


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