With Reference To A Located Example Examine How A River Basin Can Be A Multi Use Resource And How Conflicts Can Arise
With reference to a located example examine how a river basin can be a multi use resource and how conflicts can arise.
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In this essay I am to examine the ways that a river basin can be a multi use resource and the conflicts that arise from this, the location I am going to use will be Zimbabwe the Zimbabwe river consisting of the Vitoria falls, Kariba dam and shipping routes. Two uses for the river basin are hydro electric power, tourism; however a main conflict is flooding when the dam was built.
The Kariba dam was constructed in 1977 having had construction start since 1955; due to the lack of money that the government had the final cost of the project came to $480,000,000. The Kariba dam provides a huge amount of electricity for the Zimbabwe people consisting of 1,319 MW of electricity to parts of Zambia and Zimbabwe and generates 6,400 MW per annum. Each country has its own power station on the north and south bank of the dam respectively. The south station belonging to Zimbabwe has been in operation since 1960 and has six generators of 117.5 MW capacity each for a total of 705 MW. The north station belonging to Zambia has been in operation since 1976, and has four generators of 153.5 MW each adding up to make a total of 614 MW; work to expand this capacity to 1,080 MW was completed in December 2012. Lake Kariba, the reservoir created by the dam, extends for 280 km with a storage capacity of 180 km³.
Tourism at victory falls has risen since 1900’s when the bridge was first constructed in a place where the spray would hit people on the bridge, in 1990 around 300,000 people were visiting Victoria falls annually, this has helped boost the Zimbabwe economy considerably due to the fact that tourism brings in a lot of foreign money, as many tourists will travel to a lot of places in order to see such amazing sights. Tourism was expected to reach about a million people in 2000, the main visitors to the falls are actually Zambian and Zimbabwean due to their
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In this essay I am to examine the ways that a river basin can be a multi use resource and the conflicts that arise from this, the location I am going to use will be Zimbabwe the Zimbabwe river consisting of the Vitoria falls, Kariba dam and shipping routes. Two uses for the river basin are hydro electric power, tourism; however a main conflict is flooding when the dam was built.
The Kariba dam was constructed in 1977 having had construction start since 1955; due to the lack of money that the government had the final cost of the project came to $480,000,000. The Kariba dam provides a huge amount of electricity for the Zimbabwe people consisting of 1,319 MW of electricity to parts of Zambia and Zimbabwe and generates 6,400 MW per annum. Each country has its own power station on the north and south bank of the dam respectively. The south station belonging to Zimbabwe has been in operation since 1960 and has six generators of 117.5 MW capacity each for a total of 705 MW. The north station belonging to Zambia has been in operation since 1976, and has four generators of 153.5 MW each adding up to make a total of 614 MW; work to expand this capacity to 1,080 MW was completed in December 2012. Lake Kariba, the reservoir created by the dam, extends for 280 km with a storage capacity of 180 km³.
Tourism at victory falls has risen since 1900’s when the bridge was first constructed in a place where the spray would hit people on the bridge, in 1990 around 300,000 people were visiting Victoria falls annually, this has helped boost the Zimbabwe economy considerably due to the fact that tourism brings in a lot of foreign money, as many tourists will travel to a lot of places in order to see such amazing sights. Tourism was expected to reach about a million people in 2000, the main visitors to the falls are actually Zambian and Zimbabwean due to their