Mantasoa Dam
Mantasoa Dam is a buttress dam on the Varahina-North River, a tributary of the Ikopa River, near Mantasoa in the Analamanga Region of Madagascar. The dam was constructed by French contractors between 1937 and 1938. It creates Lake Mantasoa which has a surface area of 20 km (7.7 sq mi). The dam itself is made of 8,000 m (10,000 cu yd) of concrete and has a reinforced buttress design. Water released from the dam supplies a regulated flow to hydroelectric power station at the Antelomita Dams downstream. A saddle dam on the north side of the Mantosoa reservoir regulates water flow into the Mandraka River for the Mandraka Dam downstream.
See also
- Tsiazompaniry Dam – on the Varahina South River
References
- ^ "The French civil engineering works in the world dams 1860-2012" (PDF). IESF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ "Mantasoa and lake". Mantasoa. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Dams of Madagascar". UN FAO. Archived from the original on 5 September 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014.