Kromme Dam, (tsohon dam na Churchill), dam ne mai nau'in baka da yawa da ke a kogin Kromme (wani lokaci ana rubuta kogin Krom ), kusa da Kareedouw, Gabashin Cape, a Afirka ta Kudu . An kafa shi a cikin shekarar 1943 kuma babban manufarsa shi ne don amfanin birni da masana'antu.

Kromme Dam
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Ƴantacciyar ƙasaAfirka ta kudu
Province of South Africa (en) FassaraEastern Cape (en) Fassara
Coordinates 34°00′03″S 24°29′34″E / 34.00094°S 24.49281°E / -34.00094; 24.49281
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Karatun Gine-gine
Tsawo 43 m
Giciye Krom River (en) Fassara
Service entry (en) Fassara 1943
Kromme Dam

Dam ɗin Kromme yana gabas-kudu maso gabas na Kareedouw, kudu da hanyar kwarin Langkloof ( titin R62 ), kuma a kan gangaren arewa na tsaunin Kareedouw. Dam ɗin shi ne 100 km yamma da Gqeberha, a 34° 00' S, 24° 29' E.

Dam ɗin yana da ƙarfin da ya kai miliyan 35 m³, tsayinsa ya kai mita 43, kuma yana da iyakar tafki na 2,492. km 2 da kulle 12-m. Bututun da ke da kimanin nauyi yana kawo ruwan zuwa cikin birni.

Port Elizabeth ta girma cikin sauri a cikin shekarar 1930s. George Begg, Injiniyan Birni, ya ba da shawarar gina dam a kan Krom, kogin mafi kusa da ruwa mai yawa da inganci. Ko da yake an fara ginin a shekara ta 1936, ba za a gama ginin ba sai bayan yakin duniya na biyu . A cikin shekarar 1942, an yanke shawarar sanyawa dam sunan Sir Winston Churchill don girmama rawar da ya taka a wannan yakin. Gen. Jan Smuts ya sadaukar da shi a cikin shekarar 1948.

Yayin da dam ɗin ya cika, ruwan ya rufe gonar Hendrik Spoorbek (wanda aka sani da Spoorbek's Land).

Ambaliyar ruwa

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Dam ɗin Churchill da Dam ɗin Impofu na taimakawa wajen shawo kan ambaliyar ruwa na kogin Krom lokaci-lokaci. Waɗannan sun lalata filayen tarihi da gine-gine a bankuna da kusa da bakin kogin.

Duba kuma

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  • Jerin tafki da madatsun ruwa a Afirka ta Kudu
  • Jerin sunayen koguna na Afirka ta Kudu

Littafi Mai Tsarki

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Manazarta

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