The Vaal Dam in South Africa was constructed in 1938 and lies 77 km south of OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg. The lake behind the dam wall...
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century gold rush. The Vaal Dam lies on the Vaal River in Deneysville just south of the border between Gauteng and the Free State. The Vaal River is the longest...
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Deneysville (section Vaal Dam)
Deneysville is a small town on the banks of the Vaal Dam in the Free State province of South Africa. Deneysville was established in 1936 and named after...
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Sterkfontein Dam, located just outside the town of Harrismith, in the Free State, province of South Africa, is part of the Tugela-Vaal Water Project...
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(meaning Dirty Triangle) as a pun on Vaal Driehoek (the Afrikaans translation for Vaal Triangle). Nearby is the Vaal Dam, from which the massive PWV megalopolis...
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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...
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KwaZulu-Natal) of 630 million m3 of water to the Vaal basin (in the Free State) in the north, and ultimately the Vaal dam in Gauteng. Various pumping stations and...
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Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme (category Vaal River)
located between Driekloof Dam and Kilburn Dam. Since the Driekloof Dam/Sterkfontein Dam also forms part of the Tugela-Vaal Water Project some of the water...
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as "ash"), Liebenbergsvlei and Wilge Rivers feed into the Vaal Dam. Water from the Vaal Dam is then abstracted, treated and pumped to the Rand Water supply...
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at the confluence of the Vaal River and the Vet River, on the border between the provinces North West and Free State. The dam wall has a total length of...
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rivers of South Africa List of lakes in South Africa List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa Lagoons of South Africa List of Bays of South Africa [1]...
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Lesotho Highlands Water Project (category Dams in Lesotho)
Africa. It comprises a system of several large dams and tunnels throughout Lesotho and delivers water to the Vaal River System in South Africa. In Lesotho,...
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Grootdraai Dam is a combined gravity and earth-fill type dam located on the Vaal River, near Standerton, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It was established...
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Nature Reserve, Nooitgedacht Dam Nature Reserve, Bronkhorstspruit Dam Nature Reserve, Vaal Dam Nature Reserve, and Koppies Dam Nature Reserves and Willem...
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River empties into the northern loop of the Vaal River. It is also one of the constituent parts of the Vaal Triangle region and was formerly situated in...
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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...
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State province of South Africa. The town is on the southern bank of the Vaal Dam, 14 kilometres (9 mi) south-east of Deneysville and 46 kilometres (29 mi)...
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Origination: The Vaal River System". Rand Water. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2013. Google Earth "Dam Safety Office...
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Orange River (redirect from List of dams on the Orange River)
Namibia. Vaal River - 1,458 km (906 mi) Caledon River - 642 km (399 mi) Khubelu River - 144 km (89 mi) Armenia Dam Egmont Dam Gariep Dam Newberry Dam Vanderkloof...
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Orange and Vaal rivers. The predatory largemouth bass flourish in several dams on tributaries of the Vaal and in the Barrage below the Vaal dam. Carp are...
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on the banks of the Vaal River, which separates the Free State from the former Transvaal Province, and is not far from the Vaal Dam where excellent windsurfing...
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north-western corner of the Vaal Dam. It continues another 50 km east-south-east, following the Vaal River, bypassing Vaal Marina, to end in Mpumalanga...
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Wilds Amanzimtoti Lagoon Crocodile River (Limpopo) List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa Water Management Areas Estuaries in South Africa List of...
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Vaal Marina is a town in Midvaal in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Vaal Marina is one of the three villages on the shoreline of the Vaal Dam, the...
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the Tugela catchment (Woodstock Dam) as well as the need for augmentation in the Vaal Dam catchment. The Driekloof Dam was commissioned in 1979, has a...
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the following Dams: Allemanskraal Dam Sand River Bloemhof Dam Vaal River Elandskuil Dam Swartleegte River Erfenis Dam Vet River Koppies Dam Renoster River...
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Wilge River (category Vaal River)
the Vaal at the Vaal Dam further downstream. Sterkfontein Dam and the Driekloof Dam, in the Nuwejaarspruit - The Sterkfontein is the third largest dam in...
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where it meets Ascot-On-Vaal Road from Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng and the R716 route to Deneysville (on the western banks of the Vaal Dam). The R82 continues...
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South Africa List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa Vaal River Dictionary of Southern African Place Names Upper Vaal WMA 8 Heavy metals (Cd, Pb, Cu,...
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that saw the construction of several large dams and pipeline transporting water from Lesotho to the Vaal Dam in South Africa. Rand Water provides potable...
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