Mantasoa Dam Explained

Mantasoa Dam
Location Map:Madagascar
Coordinates:-19.0179°N 47.8498°W
Country:Madagascar
Location:Mantasoa, Analamanga Region
Purpose:Power, water supply
Status:O
Construction Began:1937
Owner:Jirama
Dam Type:Buttress
Dam Crosses:Varahina-North River
Dam Length:122m (400feet)
Dam Height:20m (70feet)
Res Name:Lake Mantasoa
Res Capacity Total:125000000m2
Res Surface:20km2

Mantasoa Dam is a buttress dam on the Varahina-North River, a tributary of the Ikopa River, near Mantasoa in the Analamanga Region of Madagascar. The dam was constructed by French contractors between 1937 and 1938. It creates Lake Mantasoa which has a surface area of 20km2. The dam itself is made of 8000m2 of concrete and has a reinforced buttress design.[1] Water released from the dam supplies a regulated flow to hydroelectric power station at the Antelomita Dams downstream. A saddle dam on the north side of the Mantosoa reservoir regulates water flow into the Mandraka River for the Mandraka Dam downstream.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The French civil engineering works in the world dams 1860-2012. IESF. 17 March 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140318014642/http://www.iesf.fr/upload/pdf/barrages_1860_2012.pdf. 18 March 2014.
  2. Web site: Mantasoa and lake . Mantasoa . 17 March 2014 .
  3. Web site: Dams of Madagascar. https://web.archive.org/web/20130905170858/http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/dams/country/D_MDG.xlsx. dead. 5 September 2013. UN FAO. 17 March 2014.