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Lotsane Dam
The Lotsane Dam is a dam on the Lotsane River in Botswana completed in 2012. Its purpose is to provide drinking water to local villagers and to support a horticultural project. Description The purpose of the dam is to provide a reliable source of drinking water to 22 villages in the Tswapong area, and to provide irrigation water for a horticulture operation near Maunatlala. The dam is an earth fill embankment high and long, with an ungated long ogee crest spillway. The reservoir has active storage capacity. The dam was built by Sinohydro Corporation at a cost of about US$100.7 million. 835 Botswana citizens and 138 Chinese were employed in construction. The pipeline network to deliver the water will be long when completed. Construction The engineering service contract for design review, procurement and consultancy during construction of the dam was given to SMEC Holdings SMEC Holdings Limited (formerly Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation) is an Australian based-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotsane River
The Lotsane River is a river in southeastern Botswana. It is a seasonal left hand tributary of the Limpopo River and has a catchment area of 9,748 square kilometers. Course The Lotsane has its source in the sandveld, at the eastern fringes of the Kalahari Desert. It flows roughly eastwards, passing close to Serowe and through Palapye and flanking the feet of the Tswapong Hills on their northern side near Maunatlala. Finally it joins the left bank of the Limpopo River at the border with South Africa. Its main tributaries are the Morupule River and the Kutswe River, the latter of which cuts across the Mokgware Hills, a mountain range that divides the watershed of the rivers flowing northeastwards, such as the Maitsokgwane, from those flowing southeastwards like the Mahalapswe. Other tributaries are the Dikabeya River and Susuela River, which join the Lotsane east of the Tswapong area. All the rivers in the Lotsane basin are dry throughout the year, experiencing ephemeral flow during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast. It is connected to Zambia across the short Zambezi River border by the Kazungula Bridge. A country of slightly over 2.3 million people, Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. About 11.6 percent of the population lives in the capital and largest city, Gaborone. Formerly one of the world's poorest countries—with a GDP per capita of about US$70 per year in the late 1960s—it has since transformed itself into an upper-middle-income country, with one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Modern-day humans first inhabited the country over 200,000 years ago. The Tswana ethnic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North-East District (Botswana)
The North-East District is one of the administrative districts of Botswana. Its capital is Francistown. In 2011, North-East had a population of 60,264 people. The district is predominantly occupied by Kalanga-speaking people, the BaKalanga. The district is administered by a district administration and district council, which are responsible for local administration. In the north and east, North-East borders the Matabeleland South Province of Zimbabwe, and the border in the east is predominantly along the Ramokgwebana River. In the south and west, the district borders the Central District along the Shashe River. Geography Most parts of Botswana have tableland slopes sliding from east to west. It is predominantly savannah, with tall grasses, bushes, and trees. The region has an average elevation of around above sea level. The annual precipitation is around , most of which is received during the summer season from November to May. There are conflicts between agricultural expansion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tswapong Hills
The Tswapong Hills are a mountain range in the Central District, Botswana. They rise to an elevation of 300 to 400 m above the hardveld of the almost 900 m high surrounding plateau. Geologically, these flat-topped hills are similar to the Waterberg Massif, located about 100 km to the south. The Tswapong Range receives relatively more moisture than the surrounding sandy plain of Mopane woodland. The rocky cliffs are made of porous rock that absorbs rainwater, which then seeps out forming permanent cascades and pools, such as the Phothophotho Gorge. The Lotsane River flows at the feet of the Tswapong Hills on their northern side. One of the main attractions of the hills is the spectacular Moremi Gorge. Inhabited places The former capital of the Ngwato Kingdom was in Phalatswe, also called Old Palapye, at the western end of the Tswapong Range. Moeng is a village located in the midst of the range at an altitude of 945 m. The village of Letsheng is located at the western e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maunatlala
Maunatlala is a village in Central District of Botswana at the feet of the Tswapong Hills, near the Lotsane River. It is located east of Palapye and from the border with South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri .... The population was 4,364 in 2011 census. The village is the site of the Lotsane Dam, which started impounding in January 2012 and supplies drinking water as well as water for irrigation in a horticulture operation near Maunatlala.* School It has three schools, two primary schools and a junior school. It also has a library that was opened in 2015. The primary schools are Masupe Primary School and Maunatlala Primary school. Its junior school also called Maunatlala Junior Secondary school. It offers form 1 up to form 3 classes. All of the schools ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinohydro Corporation
Sinohydro (Chinese Language, Chinese: 中国水电; long form: 中国水利水电建设集团公司) is a Chinese SASAC, state-owned hydropower engineering and construction company. In the 2012 Engineering News-Record Top 225 Global Contractors, a ranking by annual revenue, the company is 14th by overall position, and 6th among Chinese construction companies. History The company was founded in 1950, and is based in Beijing, China. International expansion The company has gone on the path of international expansion, becoming a "face of China expansion" across the world by pursuing operations in 55 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe (from the European headquarters of Belgrade, Serbia), North America, and South America. these days Sinohydro is expanding into the Israeli market and constructing a hydro-electric station in Kochav-Hayarden. In the course of international expansion, the company has run into bumps ranging from political risk to environmental controversy. Workers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SMEC Holdings
SMEC Holdings Limited (formerly Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation) is an Australian based-firm that provides consulting services on major infrastructure projects around the world. SMEC undertakes feasibility studies, design, tender and contract management, construction supervision and project management. The company provides engineering services for transport, hydropower and energy, water and environment and resources projects. Its head office is located in Melbourne, Victoria. On 1 August 2016, the Singapore-based Surbana Jurong announced it had acquired SMEC for US$298 million (S$400 million). Background Between 1949 and 1974 the Snowy Mountains Authority (SMA) undertook a massive hydro-electric and irrigation project, the Snowy Mountains Scheme, in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales. The work included sixteen dams, seven power stations, of tunnels, of aqueducts, and much other construction. It was completed on time and within budget. The work showcased Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
