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Kariba Dam |
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Kariba DamConcrete dam on the Zambezi River, on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border, about 386 km/240 mi downstream from the Victoria Falls, constructed 1955-60 to supply power to both countries. The dam crosses the Kariba Gorge, and the reservoir, Lake Kariba, has important fisheries.
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According to the report, such losses can lead to malnourishment and subsequent deaths, as happened in the late 1950s in the relocation of 57,000 people who were displaced by the Kariba Dam on the Zambia--Zimbabwe border and moved to resource-poor areas. |
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