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[[Image:kariba_dam.jpg|thumb|[[Kariba Dam]] in the Kariba Gorge]] | [[Image:kariba_dam.jpg|thumb|[[Kariba Dam]] in the Kariba Gorge]] | ||
'''Kariba Gorge''' is a large, natural | '''Kariba Gorge''' is a large, natural gorge through which flowed the [[Zambezi River]] on the border of [[Zambia]] and Zimbabwe, Africa. In 1959 the large double arch concrete [[Kariba Dam]] was completed, completely filling the gorge and creating the largest man-made lake in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9044719/Kariba|title=Kariba|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate=2007-07-31}}</ref> [[Lake Kariba]] was filled between 1958 and 1963 following the completion of the Kariba Dam at its northeastern end, flooding the Kariba Gorge on the [[Zambezi River]] and displacing large numbers of wildlife and the local [[Tonga people]]. | ||
==Effects== | ==Effects== | ||
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*[[Kariba Dam]] | *[[Kariba Dam]] | ||
*[[Kariba Lake]] | *[[Kariba Lake]] | ||
*[[Nyami Nyami]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Lake Kariba]] | [[Category:Lake Kariba]] | ||
[[Category:Zambezi River]] | [[Category:Zambezi River]] | ||
[[Category:Natural resources of Zambia]] | |||
