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Cabora Bassa

British  
/ kəˈbɔːrə ˈbæsə /

noun

  1. the site on the Zambezi River in N Mozambique of the largest dam in southern Africa

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South Africa has also signed a ten-year contract to buy power from Mozambique's $400 million Cabora Bassa Dam, which begins operations later this month.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Cabora Bassa hydroelectric dam on the Zambezi River may, however, make the territory more profitable for industry.

From Time Magazine Archive

When electric power starts flowing to South Africa from Mozambique's Cabora Bassa dam in October, Mozambique could make another $50 million a year.

From Time Magazine Archive

It also buys most of the hydroelectric power produced by Mozambique's Cabora Bassa Dam on the Zambezi River.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lake Cabora Bassa was so huge, it could contain a place this large and still give no hint of where the shore might be.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer