Roodeplaat Dam | |
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Official name | Roodeplaat Dam |
Country | South Africa |
Location | Near Pretoria, Gauteng |
Coordinates | 25°37′15″S 28°22′17″E / 25.62083°S 28.37138°E |
Purpose | Irrigation |
Construction began | 1955 |
Opening date | 1959 |
Owner(s) | Department of Water Affairs |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Arch dam |
Impounds | Pienaars River |
Height | 55 m |
Length | 351 m |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Roodeplaat Dam Reservoir |
Total capacity | 43 472 000 m3 |
Catchment area | 684 km2 |
Surface area | 403 ha |
Roodeplaat Dam is a concrete arch dam situated in South Africa on the Pienaars River (also known along parts of its length as the Moretele River and Moreleta Spruit[1]), a tributary of the Crocodile River, which flows northwards into the Limpopo River. The dam is a warm monomictic impoundment with stable thermal stratification during the summer.[2]