Cahora Bassa Dam, Mozambique
Cahora Bassa, also spelled Cabora Bassa, arch dam and hydroelectric facility on the Zambezi River in western Mozambique. The dam, located about 80 miles northwest of Tete, is 560 feet high and 994 feet wide at the crest. It has a volume of 667,000,000 cubic yards.
The dam impounds Lake Cahora Bassa, which is 150 miles long and 19 miles wide at its widest point. The lake has a capacity of 51,075,000 acre-feet and extends to the Zambia-Mozambique border. The dam was built by a consortium of Portuguese, German, British, and South African companies; construction of the dam began in 1969 and was completed in 1974. The last of five 425-megawatt generators was installed in 1979.
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