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C ^ The Tugela and Vaal drainage basins are linked with the Tugela-Vaal Water Project, an interbasin transfer scheme across the Drakensberg watershed that supplies additional water to the Vaal River when required. [2]
English: Relief location map of South Africa. Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 110 %. Geographic limits of the map: ... Vaal Dam; Vaal River; Vodacom ...
The construction of Vaal Dam started during the depression of the early thirties and the dam was completed in 1938 with a wall height of 54.2 metres (178 ft) above lowest foundation and a full supply capacity of 994,000,000 cubic metres (3.51 × 10 10 cu ft). The dam is a concrete gravity structure with an earthfill section on the right flank.
Lower Vaal WMA, or Lower Vaal Water Management Area (coded: 10), includes the following major rivers: the Harts River, Molopo River and Vaal River, and covers the following Dams: Spitskop Dam Harts River; Vaalharts Storage Weir Vaal River
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The Vaal River Barrage Reservoir is a dam on the Vaal River near Vanderbijlpark, border Gauteng and Free State, South Africa. The Barrage, created by a set of gates across the Vaal River, was built by Rand Water downstream of the Vaal Dam, in 1923. The reservoir is 64 kilometres long and has a total storage capacity of 63 million litres, a ...
Upper Vaal WMA, or Upper Vaal Water Management Area (coded: 8), is a Water Management Area that includes the following major rivers: the Wilge River, Liebenbergsvlei River, Mooi River and Vaal River, and covers the following Dams: Boskop Dam Mooi River; Grootdraai Dam Vaal River; Klerkskraal Dam Mooi River; Klipdrift Dam Loop Spruit ...
The Vaal River (/ ˈ v ɑː l / Afrikaans pronunciation:; Khoemana: ǀHaiǃarib) is the largest tributary of the Orange River in South Africa.The river has its source near Breyten in Mpumalanga province, east of Johannesburg and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Ermelo and only about 240 kilometres (150 mi) from the Indian Ocean. [1]