Roodeplaat Dam
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Official nameRoodeplaat Dam
CountrySouth Africa
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 Roodeplaat Dam wall in 2005, during an upgrade to the offtake structure. | |
  Roodeplaat Dam Location of Roodeplaat Dam in South Africa | |
| Official name | Roodeplaat Dam |
| Country | South Africa |
| Location | Near Pretoria, Gauteng |
| Coordinates | 25°37′15″S 28°22′17″E / 25.62083°S 28.37138°E |
| Purpose | Irrigation |
| Construction began | 1955 |
| Opening date | 1959 |
| Owner | Department of Water Affairs |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Arch dam |
| Impounds | Pienaars River |
| Height | 55 m |
| Length | 351 m |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Roodeplaat Dam Reservoir |
| Total capacity | 43 472 000 m3 |
| Catchment area | 684 km2 |
| Surface area | 403 ha |
Roodeplaat Dam is a concrete arch dam situated in South Africa on the Pienaars River (also known along parts of its length as the Moretele River and Moreleta Spruit[1]), a tributary of the Crocodile River, which flows northwards into the Limpopo River. The dam is a warm monomictic impoundment with stable thermal stratification during the summer.[2]
