| VAN DER KLOOF (P.K. le Roux)DAM: Free State |
| W Cape | E Cape | N Cape | Gauteng | KZN | Mpumalanga | Free State | Northwest | Limpopo |
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Orange River |
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3171.3 mil.cub.m. | |||||||||||||||||||
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The dam is located 130km downstream away of the Vaalhaart dam near the Orange River. It comes second after the Vaalhaartdam because of its storage capacity of 3200millionm. The P. K. Le Roux dam has the wall of 765m tall in height, which makes it the highest in South Africa. It consists of 1.1 millionm of concrete. The dam is the one which supplies water to the Riet River catchment as well as to the various users along the remaining 1400km of the Orange River. ( http://planet.botany.uwc.ac.za/nisl/GIS/assignment_1/P_Muvhali_GIS_2006_Assignment%201_cg/Page_08.htm ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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