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Kariba

American  
[kuh-ree-buh] / kəˈri bə /

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 British  
/ 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)

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Fossils found on the shoreline of Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe represent a completely new dinosaur species.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2024

Yalelo Zambia is the biggest tilapia producer in Sub-Saharan Africa, producing 25,000 tonnes of fish combined at its facilities on Lake Kariba in Zambia and on the Ugandan side of Lake Victoria.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2023

Similar scenes are playing out in neighboring Zambia, which also depends on the struggling Kariba hydropower station on the Zambezi River for electricity.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 7, 2023

That operation rescued wildlife from the rising water caused by the construction of a massive hydro-electric dam on the Zambezi River that created one of the world’s largest man-made lakes, Lake Kariba.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2022

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

From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles