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False colour composite satellite image showing the middle Mzingwane River. The site for Oakley Block Dam is the mountains in the centre of the image. Oakley Block.jpg
False colour composite satellite image showing the middle Mzingwane River. The site for Oakley Block Dam is the mountains in the centre of the image.

Oakley Block Dam is a proposed reservoir on the Mzingwane River, south of West Nicholson, Zimbabwe with a capacity of 41 million cubic metres. [2]

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References

  1. Love, D.; Love, F.; Owen, R.J.S.; Uhlenbrook, S.; van der Zaag, P. (2008). "Impact of the Zhovhe Dam on the lower Mzingwane River channel.". In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R.S.; van Brakel, M.; et al. (eds.). Fighting Poverty Through Sustainable Water Use: Proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 10 – 14 2008, IV. The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, Colombo. pp. 46–51. ISBN   978-92-990053-2-3.
  2. Chibi, T., Kandori, C. and Makone, B.F. 2005. Mzingwane Catchment Outline Plan. Zimbabwe National Water Authority, Bulawayo.

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