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Katse Dam
- Location of...
- South Africa... South of the equator.
West of the Indian ocean. East of
Atlantic ocean
- Lesotho... South East of South Africa, closest to the
Indian Ocean, Swaziland North East. Capital Meseru.
- South Africa... South of the equator.
West of the Indian ocean. East of
Atlantic ocean
- Distribution of Rainfall.
- Most of the Rainfall is on the east coast of
Lesotho. As well as rainfall along the south
coast with the majority of the south coast
rainfall in western cape
- Very little Rainfall in Northern cape and the North of
Western cape.
- Lesotho has the most rainfall in the North
East of the country with 1338-2340mm of
annual rainfall.
- Most of the Rainfall is on the east coast of
Lesotho. As well as rainfall along the south
coast with the majority of the south coast
rainfall in western cape
- Rainfall
- Why Does Johannesburg get little Rainfall?
- because the air is sinking at the other side of
the mountain. so it wont rise and condense
so it wont rain.
- because the air is sinking at the other side of
the mountain. so it wont rise and condense
so it wont rain.
- Why does Lesotho get so much rain?
- 1. Moist winds from the ocean rise above the hills
- 2. Condenses into clouds (colder with height)
- 3. Relief Rainfall.
- 4. waters collected into the dam
- 5. Large surface area so it evaporates again.
- 6. Relief Rainfall happens again.
- 1. Moist winds from the ocean rise above the hills
- Why Does Johannesburg get little Rainfall?
- A trans Boundary Water Issue
- For Lesotho
- Advantages
- Making Money, helps families (7000 people with jobs), producing 75%
of the countries income, money paid by world bank, help to develop a
very poor country.
- Making Money, helps families (7000 people with jobs), producing 75%
of the countries income, money paid by world bank, help to develop a
very poor country.
- Disadvantages
- Rise in AIDS, prostitution and alcoholism, taking fields and crop space away from people,
short-term still struggling with water shortages and poor sanitation, no local people can
access the water from the dams, people displaced, government have to pay loan back to
world bank, food supply issues.
- Rise in AIDS, prostitution and alcoholism, taking fields and crop space away from people,
short-term still struggling with water shortages and poor sanitation, no local people can
access the water from the dams, people displaced, government have to pay loan back to
world bank, food supply issues.
- Advantages
- For South Africa
- Advantages
- Enough water for swimming pools and luxuries, better roads, better health, more water for
industry and better economy, better access to clean water, rise from 83 to 87% of people
with access to clean water, help to develop a country that is very poor.
- Enough water for swimming pools and luxuries, better roads, better health, more water for
industry and better economy, better access to clean water, rise from 83 to 87% of people
with access to clean water, help to develop a country that is very poor.
- Disadvantages
- Johannesburg has no water source, large population/no rainfall
- Johannesburg has no water source, large population/no rainfall
- Advantages
- Peoples Views
- Lesotho Farmer... they would not be happy about it as they
may lose grazing and farming land so they would lose lots of
crops, not only food for their families but they may sell crops so
they wouldn't make any money
- Lesotho Government Minister... would be happy as they would be thinking
about how much money the town would make from collecting and selling
water to Johannesburg standards would improve
- Johannesburg Residents... would be happy as they have plenty of water and they can have all
the luxuries such as swimming pools they would like, they also have a constant supply of
water and wouldn't lose land. However they would be unhappy at the cost of the water.
- Lesotho Farmer... they would not be happy about it as they
may lose grazing and farming land so they would lose lots of
crops, not only food for their families but they may sell crops so
they wouldn't make any money
- For Lesotho
- Lesotho Highlands Water Project
- large scale water management scheme
- involves construction of; 6 dams, 200km of tunnel system
- Largest Water Scheme in africa
- Diverts 40% of Senque river into Vaal river to Johannesburg
- water carried to Gauteng province highly populated and
industrialised. (high demand for water)
- project agreed between south Africa
and Lesotho in 1986
- One of 4 phases completed
- 3rd major dam of the project mohale
dam was finished in 2001
- large scale water management scheme
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