{"id":22553,"date":"2026-05-23T12:47:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=22553"},"modified":"2026-05-23T13:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:51:04","slug":"lake-kariba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lake-kariba\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Kariba"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Lake Kariba Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a decade of erratic rains and heatwaves that devastated Lake Kariba\u2019s levels, new inflows from the upper Zambezi are lifting the reservoir and restoring hope.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Lake Kariba<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in <\/span><b>central Africa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, along the <\/span><b>border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located on the<\/span><b> Zambezi Rive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">r, about halfway between the river&#8217;s source and mouth.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be found <\/span><b>1300 kilometers upstream from the Indian Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>world\u2019s largest artificial lake and reservoir by volume<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the<\/span><b> fourth largest by surface area.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is over 220 kilometers long and up to 40 kilometers in width. It covers an area of 5,200 sq.km.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lake Kariba was <\/span><b>filled between 1958 and 1963<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after the completion of the<\/span><b> Kariba Dam, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which<\/span><b> flooded the Kariba Gorge on the Zambezi River.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kariba Dam consists of a<\/span><b> double-arch wall.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dam wall is 128 m high and 617 m (2029 feet) long when measured along the horizontal arch of the wall.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides considerable <\/span><b>electric power to both Zambia and Zimbabwe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and supports a thriving <\/span><b>commercial fishing industry.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lake encompasses a total of <\/span><b>102 islands,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including well-known ones like <\/span><b>Chete Island <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Spurwing Island.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Chete Island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> boasts the <\/span><b>world\u2019s largest expanse of protected, undeveloped wetlands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and hosts the<\/span><b> largest single population of African elephants.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/amp\/story\/water\/lake-karibas-rising-waters-bring-hope-to-communities-in-zambia-and-zimbabwe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>DTE<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Kariba is located in central Africa, along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. 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