Kariba Gorge is a large, natural gorge through which flowed the Zambezi River on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, Africa. In 1959 the large double arch concrete Kariba Dam was completed, completely filling the gorge and creating the largest man-made lake in the world. [1] .

Lake Kariba is the world's largest artificial lake and reservoir by volume. It lies 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) upstream from the mouth of the Zambezi river on the Indian Ocean, along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The Kariba Dam is a double curvature concrete arch dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The dam stands 128 metres (420 ft) tall and 579 metres (1,900 ft) long. [1] The dam forms Lake Kariba, which extends for 280 kilometres (170 mi) and holds 185 cubic kilometres (150,000,000 acre⋅ft) of water.

2024年12月3日 · Kariba Dam, concrete arch dam across the Zambezi River at Kariba Gorge, on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Construction of the dam began on Nov. 6, 1956, and was completed in 1959. The structure is 128 metres (420 feet) high with a crest 579 metres (1,899 feet) in length and a volume of.

2024年1月29日 · Displacement of the Tonga people: The creation of Lake Kariba flooded the Kariba Gorge, the ancestral homeland of the Tonga people. Over 50,000 Tonga were displaced from their homes and villages, resulting in significant cultural and social disruption.

2023年11月29日 · Lake Kariba is one of southern Africa’s most extraordinary destinations. Forming roughly a third of the border between Zambia to the north and Zimbabwe to the south, its waters swell the narrow gorges of the Zambezi – one of Africa’s greatest rivers.

2023年6月21日 · SIAVONGA, (CAJ News) – KARIBA Gorge is a large, untapped natural mountain opening through which water from Zambezi River flows. The gorge is located downstream of the Kariba dam, about 20 to 30...