Hardap Dam

Hardap Dam
View of the Hardap dam with underutilized capacity
Tributaries: Fish river Drain: Fish river Major cities nearby: Mariental
Namibia
Coordinates	24 ° 29 '58 "  S , 17 ° 51' 31"  E Coordinates: 24 ° 29 '58 "  S , 17 ° 51' 31"  E
Data on the structure
Lock type:	dam
Construction time:	? –1962
Height of the barrier structure :	40 m
Base width:	860 m
Power plant output:	no power plant
Operator:	Namibia Water Corporation
Data on the reservoir
Water surface	28.709 km²
Storage space	294.539 million m³
Particularities:	largest dam in Namibia largest lake in Namibia

The Hardap Dam is the largest dam in Namibia . He dams the fish river . The dam is located a few kilometers northwest of Mariental .

Due to the construction of the 860 m long and almost 40 m high barrier structure, the fish river is dammed over a length of 30 kilometers and now covers an area of ​​28.7 km² as a lake. The dam was completed in 1962. The storage space contains around 294.5 million cubic meters of water and supplies the surrounding farms and Mariental with fresh water. The dam is of great importance for agriculture. They created an irrigation area in which fruit and vegetables can be grown on a large scale. In addition, the Hardap Dam is the center of the Hardap Recreation Area - a recreational area and tourist attraction.

At the beginning of February 2020, the Hardap Reservoir reached the lowest water level in its history with a filling volume of just six percent.

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  View of the Hardap dam

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  View of the dam from the east

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  Bird's eye view of the Hardap Dam

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  Hardap dam lock

Web links

Commons : Hardap Dam  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hardap Dam. In: Structurae

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hardap never that empty before. Namibia Weather Network, February 4, 2020.