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

Part of Swakoppoort Dam
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