Blyderivierpoort Dam at the Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

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Blyderivierpoort Dam is a gravity-arch dam on the Blyde River, in the lower Blyde River Canyon, near Hoedspruit in Mpumalanga, South Africa. It also floods the lower reaches of the Blyde's Ohrigstad River tributary. The dam was completed in 1974. The 71 m high dam wall and 22 m deep is situated 3 km from Swadini resort by road. Its key purpose is to provide a stable water supply for irrigators of the Blyde River Irrigation district and to provide additional water for mining and industry at Phalaborwa

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Location: Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Photo credit: © jbdodane / Alamy / Afripics
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