Vaal Dam

Vaal Dam
Vaal Dam
	Location of Vaal Dam in South Africa
Official name	Vaal Dam
Country	South Africa
Location	Border Gauteng and Free State
Coordinates	26°53′41″S 28°08′44″E / 26.89472°S 28.14555°E
Purpose	Domestic and industrial water
Opening date	1938
Owner(s)	Dept of Water Affairs
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity dam
Impounds	Vaal River
Height	54.2 m
Reservoir
Creates	Vaal Dam
Total capacity	2,609,799,000 cubic metres (9.21642×1010 cu ft)
Surface area	320 square kilometres (120 sq mi)

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 has a surface area of about 320 square kilometres (120 sq mi)^[1] and is 47 meters deep. The Vaal Dam lies on the Vaal River, which is one of South Africa's strongest-flowing rivers. Other rivers flowing into the dam are the Wilge River, Molspruit and Grootspruit.^[2] It has over 800 kilometres (500 mi) of shoreline and is South Africa's second biggest dam by area and the fourth largest by volume.

^ ^a ^b ^c "VAAL DAM". Department of Water Affairs. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
^ Vaal (reservoir) Archived 22 June 2004 at the Wayback Machine

[dawf-vaal-1] "VAAL DAM". Department of Water Affairs. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2009.

[2] Vaal (reservoir) Archived 22 June 2004 at the Wayback Machine

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