{"id":95694,"date":"2026-03-31T13:04:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=95694"},"modified":"2026-03-31T13:04:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:34:59","slug":"kariba-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kariba-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Kariba Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kariba Dam Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 500MW Floating Solar Plant being designed by Green Hybrid Power in partnership with the Intensive Energy User Group is to be installed at Kariba Dam in Zimbabwe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kariba Dam<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <\/span><b>concrete arch dam across the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/zambezi-river\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zambezi River<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Kariba Gorge,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is on the border between <\/span><b>Zambia and Zimbabwe.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The construction of the dam was <\/span><b>completed in 1959.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 128-metre-high double-curvature concrete arch dam provides critical electricity to both countries.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It had created the world\u2019s largest <\/span><b>human-made lake by volume<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lake-kariba\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lake Kariba<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Zambezi River<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is Africa\u2019s 4th longest river and the<\/span><b> continent\u2019s longest east-flowing stream.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Course<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It starts off in Angola\u2019s southern highlands, at the source of a river called the Lungwebungu.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows for about 3,421 kilometers through Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique before emptying into the Indian Ocean.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Waterfalls:<\/b> <b>Victoria Falls and Chavuma Falls<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are on this river.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Dams:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>Cohara Bassa and Kariba Dams<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, two of Africa\u2019s major hydroelectric power sources, are located along the Zambezi\u2019s course.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tributaries: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main tributaries of the<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zambezi River include the<\/span><b> Shire, Kafue, Luangwa, Kabompo, and Cuando (Kwando) rivers.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/africa\/500-mw-floating-solar-plant-project-at-kariba-dam-to-boost-power-supply-for-zimbabwe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kariba Dam on the Zambezi River sees a 500MW floating solar project, boosting clean energy in Zambia and Zimbabwe alongside its major hydropower 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