P K Le Roux Dam

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P K Le Roux Dam is the former name of South Africa’s Vanderkloof Dam, a major concrete structure on the Orange River used for water storage, irrigation, and hydroelectric power generation.

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P K Le Roux Dam canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
classification large dam ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
formerNameOf Vanderkloof Dam ⓘ
hasFunction peak power generation ⓘ
river regulation ⓘ
hasHydroelectricPlant Vanderkloof Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
hasInfrastructureType energy infrastructure ⓘ
water resources infrastructure ⓘ
hasSpillwayType controlled spillway ⓘ
hasStructureType concrete gravity dam ⓘ
hasTurbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
hasUse flood control ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
isMajorComponentOf South African national water infrastructure ⓘ
isPartOfSystem Orange–Vaal water management system ⓘ
isUpstreamFrom Orange River mouth ⓘ
linked to: Orange River Mouth
locatedIn Northern Cape ⓘ
locatedInBasin Orange River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Orange River region
locatedInContinent Africa ⓘ
locatedNear Vanderkloof ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Orange River ⓘ
locatedUpstreamOf Gariep Dam ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
namedAfter Pieter Koert Le Roux ⓘ
namedAfterOccupation South African politician ⓘ
operator Department of Water and Sanitation (South Africa) ⓘ
owner Government of South Africa ⓘ
partOf Orange River Project ⓘ
purpose hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
region Karoo ⓘ
renamedAs Vanderkloof Dam ⓘ
reservoirName Vanderkloof Dam Lake ⓘ
linked to: Vanderkloof Dam

Vanderkloof Dam Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Vanderkloof Dam
servesArea Free State Province ⓘ
linked to: Free State

Northern Cape Province ⓘ
linked to: Northern Cape
usedFor downstream irrigation schemes ⓘ
power grid support in South Africa ⓘ
watercourse Orange River ⓘ

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Vanderkloof Dam → previousName → P K Le Roux Dam ⓘ