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Ethiopia's GERD: Africa's Largest Dam in Numbers

Ethiopia's GERD: Africa's Largest Dam in Numbers

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Ethiopia's GERD: Africa's Largest Dam in Numbers🟠Official Name: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)🟠Construction Location: Benishangul-Gumuz... 09.09.2025, Sputnik Africa

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Ethiopia's GERD: Africa's Largest Dam in Numbers🟠Official Name: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)🟠Construction Location: Benishangul-Gumuz region (northwestern Ethiopia)🟠Reservoir Name: Lake Nigat🟠Dam Dimensions: 145 meters high, 1.8 kilometers long🟠Water Retention Capacity: 74 billion cubic meters, more than double the 32 billion cubic meters of Lake Tana, Ethiopia's largest lake🟠Water Arm Length: 246 kilometers, stretching from Addis Ababa to Shashemene🟠Electric Power Generation Capacity: 5,150 megawatts🟠Annual Energy Production: 15,760 gigawatt-hours🟠Construction Duration: 14 years🟠Construction Cost: 233 billion birr, equivalent to $1.6 billionSubscribe to @sputnik_africa Sputnik Africa | X

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