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Kariba

[ kuh-ree-buh ]

noun

  1. an artificial lake in SE Africa on the border of SW Zimbabwe and S Zambia: site of hydroelectric power project. About 2,000 sq. mi. (5,200 sq. km).


Kariba

/ kəˈriːbə /

noun

  1. a lake on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border, created by the building of the Kariba Dam across the Zambezi for hydroelectric power. Length: 282 km (175 miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

No one ever risked his life in Kariba without first paying the river-doctor, or priest, for his prayers.

A few miles above Kariba we observed that, in two small hamlets, many of the inhabitants had a similar affection of the skin.

On their passage down the river, in approaching Kariba Rapids, they came upon a herd of upwards of thirty hippopotami.

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