Sebakwe Dam
Sebakwe Dam is a dam in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. It was built in 1957 and owned by the Zimbabwe government. It is across Sebakwe River in the Sanyati Catchment Area.
It has a full capacity of 266 megalitres which makes it one of the largest inland dams of Zimbabwe. It is 8 kilometres long and its maximum width is 2.5 kilometres;
The surface area is 2320 hectares; Its wall is 47 m high and 3 km long.
Background
It was built as a small dam in 1957 and was raised 1986.In 1957 Sebakwe Dam was the second largest dam in Southern Rhodesia. Its height then was 154 feet high. covering an area of 9 square miles with a capacity of 35 billion imperial gallons.