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Mwadingusha
Mwadingusha is a community in the Kambove Territory of Haut Katanga District in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hydroelectricity The Cornet Falls on the Lufira River had a drop of at Mwadingusha. The river was dammed at the falls in 1925 with an dyke to form Lake Tshangalele, a reservoir for a hydroelectric generator supplying power for copper smelting in Likasi Likasi (formerly official names: Jadotville ( French) and Jadotstad (Dutch)) is a city in Haut-Katanga Province, in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Demographics Likasi has a population of around 635,000 (2015). During the 1990 .... The newly formed ''Société Générale des Forces Hydro-électriques du Katanga '' (SOGEFOR) undertook construction over a four-year period, with most of the work done by large crews of laborers. The Emil Francqui power station was built to harness the power. It had six turbo-generators, five active at any time, and a generating capacity of 60,000 kilowatts. Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Tshangalele
Lake Tshangalele, also known as Lake Lufira or Mwadingusha Reservoir, is an artificial lake in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is located about 20 km east of the city of Likasi in the old province of Katanga. It lies at about 1,100 m above sea-level in a large depression surrounded by low mountains. It was created by a dam built on the Lufira River near Mwadingusha in 1926 to provide hydro-electric power. The area of open water is about 362.5 km2. During the wettest months of February and March, the area flooded reaches a maximum of 440 km2. The lake is shallow with a mean depth of only 2.6 m. The lake holds a variety of fish including longfin tilapia (''Oreochromis macrochir''), redbelly tilapia (''Tilapia zillii''), thinface cichlid (''Serranochromis angusticeps'') and North African catfish (''Clarias gariepinus''). It supports an important commercial fishery with the tilapias the main species caught. Surrounding the lake, ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |