Oanob Dam
Encyclopedia
Oanob Dam is a dam
outside of Rehoboth
, Hardap Region
, Namibia
. Located 7km outside of Rehoboth, it dams the Oanob River and provides the town with a majority of its water. It has a capacity of 34.505 Mm3 and was completed in 1990, the year of Namibia's independence.
Dam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
outside of Rehoboth
Rehoboth, Namibia
Rehoboth is a town of 21,000 inhabitants in central Namibia just north of the Tropic of Capricorn. Located on the B1 road, 90 kilometres south of the Namibian capital Windhoek, Rehoboth lies on a high elevation plateau with several natural hot-water springs. It receives sparse mean annual rainfall...
, Hardap Region
Hardap Region
Hardap is one of the thirteen regions of Namibia. It is home to the Hardap Dam.Hardap stretches the entire width of Namibia, from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to Namibia's eastern national border. In the northeast, it borders the Kgalagadi District of Botswana, and in the southeast, it borders...
, Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
. Located 7km outside of Rehoboth, it dams the Oanob River and provides the town with a majority of its water. It has a capacity of 34.505 Mm3 and was completed in 1990, the year of Namibia's independence.