Ebenezer Dam | |
Name Official: | Ebenezer Dam |
Dam Crosses: | Groot Letaba River |
Res Name: | Ebenezer Dam Reservoir |
Location: | Tzaneen, Limpopo |
Country: | South Africa |
Operator: | Department of Water Affairs |
Owner: | Department of Water Affairs |
Dam Length: | 312m (1,024feet) |
Dam Height: | 61m (200feet) |
Dam Type: | F |
Purpose: | Domestic, agricultural, livestock and recreational purposes |
Opening: | 1959 |
Res Capacity Total: | 70118000m2 |
Res Catchment: | 169km2 |
Res Surface: | 386.2ha |
Coordinates: | -23.9389°N 29.9864°W |
Ebenezer Dam is an earth-fill type dam on the Groot Letaba River, near Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa. The Broederstroom also flows into the dam. It was established in 1959 and its primary purpose is for municipal and industrial usage. The dam's hazard potential has been ranked to be high.