Laing Dam is a gravity type dam located on the Buffalo River, near East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1938 and has been renovated in 1950. The main purpose of the dam is to serve for irrigation and domestic use and its hazard potential has been ranked high (3).
laing, gravity, type, located, buffalo, river, near, east, london, eastern, cape, south, africa, established, 1938, been, renovated, 1950, main, purpose, serve, irrigation, domestic, hazard, potential, been, ranked, high, official, namelocationeastern, cape, s. Laing Dam is a gravity type dam located on the Buffalo River near East London Eastern Cape South Africa It was established in 1938 and has been renovated in 1950 The main purpose of the dam is to serve for irrigation and domestic use and its hazard potential has been ranked high 3 Laing DamOfficial nameLaing DamLocationEastern Cape South AfricaCoordinates32 57 9 S 27 29 2 E 32 95250 S 27 48389 E 32 95250 27 48389Opening date1938 renovated 1950 Operator s Department of Water Affairs and ForestryDam and spillwaysType of damgravityImpoundsBuffalo RiverHeight45 mLength283 mReservoirCreatesLaing Dam ReservoirTotal capacity19 860 000 m Catchment area913 km2Surface area203 8 haSee also editList of reservoirs and dams in South Africa List of rivers of South AfricaReferences editList of South African Dams from the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry South Africa nbsp This article about a dam or floodgate in South Africa is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Laing Dam amp oldid 1084895191, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
