Mohale Dam

The Mohale Dam ( English: Mohale Dam ) is the second largest dam in Lesotho. It is located on Senqunyane, a tributary of the Senqu there called Oranje. As part of the " Lesotho Highlands Water Project" ( LHWP ) is the second of five planned Talsprerren, which are mainly supply water to South Africa.

History

The Mohale Dam was built between 1998 and 2001 by the company Concor, Hochtief and Impregilo. The dam is named after the place Mohale, which was built during the construction of the dam and a few kilometers southwest of the barrier is located. This in turn is named after the former morena Mohale.

Geography

The dam is located about 80 kilometers east of the capital Maseru in the districts Maseru and Thaba- Tseka. Northeast of the Mohale Dam is the Katse Dam, which also belongs to the LHWP. For you are leading a 32 -kilometer underground pipeline with a diameter of 4.5 meters, through which the water is finally headed to the South African province of Gauteng around Johannesburg.

The dam consists of near degraded basalt quarry stone, which was coated with a layer of concrete ( " CFR Dam "). On the downhill side of the dam, a zigzag road runs to the crown. About an overflow channel up to 2500 m³ of water can be drained per second. The water level is 2075 meters above sea level.

From Maseru asphalted roads lead out to the barrier. On some convexities of the lake lead bridges. On the reservoir regularly excursions with a motor boat instead.