Bangala Dam

Bangala Dam
Official name	Bangala Dam
Location	Triangle, Zimbabwe
Coordinates	20°41′41″S 31°13′58″E / 20.6947°S 31.2327°E / -20.6947; 31.2327Coordinates: 20°41′41″S 31°13′58″E / 20.6947°S 31.2327°E / -20.6947; 31.2327
Construction began	1961-1963
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Mutirikwe River
Spillway type	Overflow crest
Reservoir
Total capacity	126.6 million cubic metres^[1]
Catchment area	5830 km²
Surface area	1130 ha
Max. water depth	45 metres
Discharge capacity: 3510 m³/s Max Water Depth: 45 metres

Bangala Dam lies in south-eastern Zimbabwe, south of Masvingo. It was built to provide irrigation water to the farming estates on the lowveld to the southwest, around the town of Triangle, where the main crop has been sugar cane.^[1]

The lake and environs are protected as Bangala Dam Recreational Park.

References

1 2 "Bangala Dam". Zimbabwe National Water Authority. Retrieved 2010-01-13.

Masvingo Province

Business Centres	Maranda Mwenezi Neshuro Rutenga Mupandawana Jerera Chivi Zaka Ndanga Mashava Madamombe Ngundu Musume Malipati Gurajena Gwengwerere

Towns & Cities	Gutu Chiredzi Triangle Masvingo

Districts	Chivi Bikita Zaka Gutu Chiredzi Mwenezi Masvingo

Noteworthy Places	Hippo Valley Great Zimbabwe Triangle Gonarezhou Mutirikwe Manyuchi Gaths Mine

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