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Tsiazompaniry Dam

Tsiazompaniry Dam

Dam in Tsiazompaniry, Analamanga Region

The Tsiazompaniry Dam is a buttress dam on the Varahina-South River, a tributary of the Ikopa River, near Tsiazompaniry in the Analamanga Region of Madagascar. The dam was constructed by a French firm in 1956. It creates Lake Tsiazompaniry, the largest reservoir in the country, which has a surface area of 31 km2 (12 sq mi) and a storage volume of 260,000,000 m3 (210,000 acre⋅ft). A second buttress dam, 1 km (0.62 mi) northwest of the main dam helps withhold the reservoir. Water released from the dam supplies a regulated flow to hydroelectric power station at the Antelomita Dam downstream.[1][2] Efforts to install a 5.25 MW power station at the base of the dam began in 2011.[3]

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    "Mantasoa and lake". Mantasoa. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
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    "Dams of Madagascar". UN FAO. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
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    "ORBEO partners with Henri Fraise & Fils to develop a CDM* Hydro Power Project in Madagascar" (PDF). Orbeo. 24 March 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
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