Roodeplaat Dam

Roodeplaat Dam is a concrete arch dam situated in South Africa on the Pienaars River, a tributary of the Crocodile River, which flows northwards into the Limpopo River. The dam is a warm monomictic impoundment with stable thermal stratification during the summer.
  • Location: Near Pretoria, Gauteng
  • Official name: Roodeplaat Dam
  • Country: South Africa
  • Purpose: Irrigation
  • Construction began: 1955
  • Opening date: 1959
  • Owner(s): Department of Water Affairs
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