Infrastructure

Dams
Swakoppoort Dam
  • Source: Swakop River
  • Structure: Concrete arch
  • Purpose: Water supply to Navachab mine and Karibib; augmentation to S. von Bach
  • Capacity: 63.489 Mm3 (millions of cubic metres)
  • Surface Area: 7.808 km2 (square kilometres) when full
  • Year constructed: 1978
  • Annual precipitation: mean of 390 mm
  • Located approx. 50 km west of Okahandja

 

Part of Swakoppoort Dam
Part of Swakoppoort Dam
Part of Swakoppoort Dam
Part of Swakoppoort Dam

 

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