Kahora Basa [1] , Cabora Basa [2] , Kebrabasa [2] - a reservoir in the province of Tete ( Mozambique ).
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It was created during the construction of the Kabora-Bass dam hydroelectric power station on the Zambezi River . When the Cabora-Bassa Dam was built in 1973, the reservoir it created was filled in just one rainy season.
This reservoir is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. It reaches a maximum length and width of about 250 km and 38 km respectively, the flooding area is 2700 km² with an average depth of 20.9 m.
Notes
- ↑ Kahora-Basa // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- 459 p.
- ↑ 1 2 Geographic Encyclopedic Dictionary: Geographic Names / Ed. A.F. Treshnikov . - 2nd ed., Ext. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1989. - S. 202. - 210 000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-057-6 .