Tsiazompaniry Dam

Tsiazompaniry Dam
Location of Tsiazompaniry Dam in Madagascar
Country Madagascar
Location Tsiazompaniry, Analamanga Region
Coordinates 19°15′16.68″S 47°50′44.56″E / 19.2546333°S 47.8457111°E / -19.2546333; 47.8457111Coordinates: 19°15′16.68″S 47°50′44.56″E / 19.2546333°S 47.8457111°E / -19.2546333; 47.8457111
Purpose Power, water supply
Status Operational
Opening date 1956 (1956)
Owner(s) Jirama
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Buttress
Impounds Varahina-South River
Height 27 m (89 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity 260,000,000 m3 (210,000 acre·ft)
Surface area 31 km2 (12 sq mi)

The Tsiazompaniry Dam is a buttress dam on the Varahina-South River, a tributary of the Ikopa River, near Tsiazompaniry in the Analamanga Region of Madagascar. The dam was constructed by a French firm in 1956. It creates Lake Tsiazompaniry, the largest reservoir in the country, which has a surface area of 31 km2 (12 sq mi) and a storage volume of 260,000,000 m3 (210,000 acre·ft). A second buttress dam, 1 km (0.62 mi) northwest of the main dam helps withhold the reservoir. Water released from the dam supplies a regulated flow to hydroelectric power station at the Antelomita Dam downstream.[1][2] Efforts to install a 5.25 MW power station at the base of the dam began in 2011.[3]

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References

  1. "Mantasoa and lake" Check |url= value (help). Mantasoa. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  2. "Dams of Madagascar". UN FAO. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  3. "ORBEO partners with Henri Fraise & Fils to develop a CDM* Hydro Power Project in Madagascar" (PDF). Orbeo. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
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