List of dams and reservoirs in Africa

List of dams and reservoirs in Africa. The continent of Africa in the last decade has seen a resurgence in construction of massive dams in order to supply more regulated water and to generate hydroelectricity. Most of these dams have been located along the Nile and more specifically in Ethiopia. The choice of Ethiopia becomes all too obvious when you examine the countries mountainous region and abundance of rivers that offer ideal locations for dam construction. The country is not called Africa’s water tower for no reason. dams and reservoirs in Africa

Estimates put Ethiopia’s potential for harnessing its hydro potential at only 1% at the turn of the century and this means there will be a lot more dams to come in the future. Some would argue that the country is set to become Africa’s power house. In the meantime under construction in Ethiopia is Africa’s largest hydro-electric dam and already completed is Africa’s largest Arch Dam. dams and reservoirs in Africa

Algeria

1. Djorf Torba Dam
2. Keddara Dam
3. Koudiat Acerdoune Dam
4. Meraldene Dam

Angola

1. Calueque Dam
2. Cambambe Dam
3. Capanda Dam
4. Gove Dam
5. Lauca Dam
6. Lomaum Dam
7. Ruacana Dam

Benin

1. Dieguoro Dam
2. Ilauko Dam

Botswana

Burkina faso

1. Bagre Dam
2. Kompienga Dam

Cameroon

1. Edea Dam
2. Lagdo Dam
3. Lom Pangar Dam
4. Maga Dam
5. Song Loulou Dam

Cape Verde

1. Poilão Dam

Democratic Republic of Congo

1. Boyoma fall
2. Great Inga Dam
3. Inga Dam 1, 2, 3, 4
4. Katende Dam
5. Lubilash fall
6. Nzilo Dam
7. Ruzizi Dam 1
8. Ruzizi Dam 2
9. Ruzizi Dam 3
10. Ruzizi Dam 4
11. Tshala Dam
12. Tshopo dam
13. Zongo Dam 1, 2

Egypt

1. Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser
2. Aswan Low Dam

Equatorial Guinea

1. Djibloho Dam

Eritrea

1. Mai Nefhi
2. Toker Dam

Ethiopia

1. Beles
2. Fincha
3. Gilgel Gibe I Dam
4. Gilgel Gibe III Dam
5. Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
6. Kessem Dam
7. Koka
8. Tekezé Dam
9. Tendaho Dam

Gabon

1. Bongolo Dam
2. Grand Poubara Dam

Ghana

1. Akosombo Dam – Lake Volta
2. Barekese Dam
3. Bosumtwi Dam
4. Bui Dam
5. Kpong Dam
6. Mampong Dam
7. Owabi Dam
8. Tono Dam
9. Weija Dam

Guinea

1. Amaria Dam
2. Banieya Dam
3. Garafiri Dam
4. Kale Dam

Ivory Coast

1. Buyo Dam
2. Kossou Dam
3. Taabo Dam

Kenya

Masinga dam-R Tana

• Gitaru Reservoir
• Kamburu Dam
• Kiambere Reservoir
• Kindaruma Reservoir
• Masinga Reservoir
• Koromojo Dam
• Masinga Dam
• Mukurumudzi Dam
• Nairobi Dam
• Ruiru Dam
• Rukenya Dam
• Sasamua Dam
• Thika Dam

Lesotho

1. Katse Dam
2. Mohale Dam
3. Metolong Dam
4. Muela Dam

Libya

1. Wadi Ghan Dam
2. Wadi Kaam Dam
3. Wadi Lebda Dam
4. Wadi Mejenin Dam
5. Wadi Qattara Dam
6. Wadi Wishka Dam

Madagascar

1. Antelomita Dam
2. Ambilivily Dam
3. Amboromalandy Dam
4. Andekaleka Dam
5. Andilamena B2 Dam
6. Andilamena B3 Dam
7. Andranobe Dam
8. Antanifotsy Dam
9. Antelomita Dam
10. Mandraka Dam
11. Mantasoa Dam
12. Morafeno Dam
13. Sahamaloto Dam
14. Tsiazompaniry Dam

Malawi

1. Chitete Dam
2. Kamuzu Dam I Dam
3. Kamuzu Dam II Dam
4. Kapichira Dam
5. Lunyangwa Dam
6. Mpira-Balaka Dam
7. Mudi Dam
8. Mulunguzi Dam
9. Nankhuna Dam
10. Nkhula B Dam

Mali

1. Félou Falls Weir
2. Gouina Weir
3. Manantali Dam
4. Sélingué Dam

Mauritania

1. Diama Dam
2. Foum Gleita Dam

Mauritius

1. Eau Bleue Reservoir
2. La Ferme Reservoir
3. La Nicolière Reservoir
4. Mare aux Vacoas
5. Mare Longue Reservoir
6. Midlands Dam
7. Piton du Milieu Reservoir
8. Tamarind Falls Reservoir
9. Valetta Reservoir

Morocco

1. Aït Ouarda Dam
2. Al Massira Dam
3. Al Wahda Dam
4. Allal al Fassi Dam
5. Bin el Ouidane Dam
6. Daourat Dam
7. Hassan I Dam
8. Hassan II Dam
9. Idriss I Dam
10. Imfout Dam
11. Mohamed V Dam
12. Tanafnit El Borj Dam
13. Youssef Ibn Tachfin Dam

Mozambique

1. Cahora Bassa Dam
2. Massingir Dam
3. Mphanda Nkuwa Dam

Namibia

1. Avis Dam
2. Bondels Dam
3. Friedenau Dam
4. Hardap Dam
5. Naute Dam
6. Oanob Dam
7. Olushandja Dam
8. Omatako Dam
9. Omatjenne Dam
10. Swakoppoort Dam
11. Von Bach Dam

Niger

1. Kandadji Dam

Nigeria

1. Kainji Dam
2. Goranyo Dam

Republic of the Congo

1. Imboulou Dam

Rwanda

1. Nyabarongo Dam
2. Rusumo Dam

Senegal

1. Diama Dam

Sierra Leone

1. Bumbuna Dam
2. Guma Dam

South Africa

Swaziland

1. Maguga Dam

Tanzania

1. Hombolo Dam
2. Kidatu Dam
3. Kihansi Dam
4. Mtera Dam
5. Nyumba ya Mungu Dam

Togo

1. Nangbeto Dam

Tunisia

1. Kasserine Dam
2. Sidi el Barrak Dam
3. Sidi Salem Dam

Uganda

1. Adekokwok Hydroelectric Power Station
2. Ayago Power Station
3. Bujagali Power Station
4. Isimba Power Station
5. Karuma Power Station
6. Kiira Power Station
7. Nalubaale Power Station

Zambia

1. Kariba Dam

Zimbabwe

1. Bangala Dam
2. Gwenoro Dam
3. Kariba Dam
4. Lake Chivero
5. Lake Mutirikwe
6. Manjirenji Dam
7. Manyuchi Dam
8. Mutange Dam
9. Ngondoma Dam
10. Osborne Dam
11. Ruti Dam
12. Tokwe Mukorsi Dam