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Armenia Dam

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The 928th tallest dam in the world

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Armenia Dam is a dam across the Leeu River, near Hobhouse, Free State province, South Africa. It was established in 1954. It has a capacity of 13,000 cubic metres (460,000 cu ft), and a surface area of 3.933 square kilometres (1.519 sq mi), the wall is 22 metres (72 ft) high.

List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa List of rivers in South Africa

List of South African Dams from the South African Department of Water Affairs

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More dams in South Africa

  1. Vanderkloof Dam108 m
  2. Sterkfontein Dam93 m
  3. Pongolapoort Dam89 m
  4. Gariep Dam88 m
  5. Goedertrouw Dam88 m

Other tall dams worldwide

  1. Rogun Dam · Tajikistan335 m
  2. Shuangjiangkou Dam · China312 m
  3. Norak Dam · Tajikistan300 m
  4. Grande Dixence dam · Switzerland285 m
  5. Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam · Russia245 m
  6. Oroville Dam · United States234.7 m
  7. Bhakra Dam · India225.6 m
  8. Hoover Dam · United States221 m