Many parts of South Africa have received much-needed summer rain over the past weeks. The Gariep Dam, on the banks of the Orange River in the Free State, is overflowing and visitors have taken to social media to share pictures of the glorious sight.
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The Gariep Dam is a human-made structure and the largest dam in South Africa, with a size of 360 square kilometres according to SA Places. Interestingly, this water source is also the most central point in South Africa. The Gariep Dam Nature Reserve is home to springbok, Cape mountain zebra, klipspringer, black wildebeest, red hartebeest and ostrich.
Take a look at the dam in full flow:
Credit: Johan Botha
Credit: Johann Pretorius
Credit: Johann Pretorius
Site Seeing Sam at the #GariepDam
We sent @SamLudidi to the Gariep Dam to see just glorious the overflow is.
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— @ofm9497 (@OFM9497) January 18, 2021
Video taken by Hannetjie Jansen
Gariep Dam started to overflow yesterday afternoon. pic.twitter.com/AN0MRBT0qO
— Storm Report SA (@StormReportSA1) January 16, 2021
Just been to Gariepdam. All this water and not one bit of electricity is being generated. https://t.co/m9J1Y6sfKb pic.twitter.com/hcDOfn58XL
— Annize Raath (@annize69) January 17, 2021
Picture: Video screenshot/Johan Botha
