Oakley Block Dam

Oakley Block Dam is a proposed reservoir on the Mzingwane River, south of West Nicholson, Zimbabwe with a capacity of 41 million cubic metres.[2]

False colour composite satellite image showing the middle Mzingwane River.[1] The site for Oakley Block Dam is the mountains in the centre of the image.

References
  1. Love, D.; Love, F.; Owen, R.J.S.; Uhlenbrook, S.; van der Zaag, P. (2008). "Impact of the Zhovhe Dam on the lower Mzingwane River channel.". In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R.S.; van Brakel, M.; et al. (eds.). Fighting Poverty Through Sustainable Water Use: Proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 10 – 14 2008, IV. The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, Colombo. pp. 46–51. ISBN 978-92-990053-2-3.
  2. Chibi, T., Kandori, C. and Makone, B.F. 2005. Mzingwane Catchment Outline Plan. Zimbabwe National Water Authority, Bulawayo.

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