Vanderkloof Dam (Q3445636)

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Vanderkloof Dam (originally the P. K. Le Roux Dam) is situated approximately 130 km (81 mi) downstream from Gariep Dam and is fed by the Orange River, South Africa's largest river. Vanderkloof Dam is the second-largest dam in South Africa (in volume), having the highest dam wall in the country at 108 metres (354 ft). The dam was commissioned in 1977; it has a capacity of 3,187.557 million cubic metres (2,584,195 acre⋅ft) and a surface area of 133.43 square kilometres (51.52 sq mi) when full. Other rivers flowing into this dam are the Berg River, two unnamed streams coming in from the direction of Reebokrand, the Knapsak River, Paaiskloofspruit, Seekoei River, Kattegatspruit and the Hondeblaf River, in a clockwise direction.

Summary from Nederlands / Dutch Wikipedia (nlwiki)

De Vanderkloofdam (voorheen de P.K. Le Rouxdam) is een Zuid-Afrikaanse stuwdam en een stuwmeer in de Oranjerivier en ligt naast het gelijknamige dorp Vanderkloof. Het woord dam betekent in het Afrikaans en Zuid-Afrikaans Engels zowel '(stuw)dam' als 'meer'.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Die Vanderkloofdam (voorheen bekend as die P.K. le Rouxdam) is 130 km stroomaf van die Gariepdam in die Oranjerivier. Bouwerk aan die dam het begin gedurende April 1971 en die dam is in diens gestel in September 1977. Die dam het 'n bakmaat van 3 236 miljoen m3, die lengte van die wal is 765 m, die hoogte van die wal is 108 m (die hoogste in Suid-Afrika) en die oppervlakte van die dam is 13 874 ha wanneer dit vol is.

Wikidata location: -29.9922, 24.7317 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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relation: Vanderkloof Dam (OSM), 7.85 km from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Vanderkloof Dam
water: reservoir
natural: water
wikidata: Q31982172

wikidata mismatch: Q31982172
relation: Vanderkloof Dam (OSM), 15 m from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Vanderkloof Dam
water: reservoir
natural: water
start_date: 1977
way: Vanderkloof Dam (OSM)exact location match [show tags]
name: Vanderkloof Dam
waterway: dam
wikidata: Q3445636
wikipedia: en:Vanderkloof Dam
start_date: 1977

wikidata match: Q3445636
way: Vanderkloof Hydroelectric Power Station (OSM), 241 m from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Vanderkloof Hydroelectric Power Station
power: plant
landuse: industrial
operator: Eskom
wikidata: Q3445636
plant:method: water-storage
plant:source: hydro
operator:wikidata: Q1367885
plant:output:electricity: 240 MW

wikidata match: Q3445636

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dam (Q12323) water=reservoir, drinking_water, landuse=reservoir, waterway=dam
hydroelectric power station (Q15911738) plant:source=hydro
power station (Q159719) power=plant
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Dams completed in 1977 waterway=dam
Dams in South Africa waterway=dam
Hydroelectric power stations in South Africa power=plant, power=station