Infrastructure

Dams

Olushandja Dam

  • Source: Kunene River
  • Structure: Earth fill embankment
  • Purpose: Balancing and storage of water from Calueque Dam in Angola
  • Capacity: 42.331 Mm3 (millions of cubic metres)
  • Surface Area: 29.0 km2 (square kilometres) when full
  • Year constructed: 1990
  • Annual precipitation: mean of 400 mm
  • Located approx. 120 km northwest of Oshakati
   

Part of Olushandja Dam

Part of Olushandja Dam

 

 

 

 

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