Kromme Dam
| Kromme Dam | |
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| Wuri | |
| Ƴantacciyar ƙasa | Afirka ta kudu |
Province of South Africa (en)  | Eastern Cape (en) |
| Coordinates | 34°00′03″S 24°29′34″E / 34.00094°S 24.49281°E |
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| Karatun Gine-gine | |
| Tsawo | 43 m |
| Giciye |
Krom River (en) |
| Service entry (en) | 1943 |
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Kromme Dam, (tsohon dam na Churchill), dam ne mai nau'in baka da yawa da ke a kogin Kromme (wani lokaci ana rubuta kogin Krom ), kusa da Kareedouw, Gabashin Cape, a Afirka ta Kudu . An kafa shi a cikin shekarar 1943 kuma babban manufarsa shi ne don amfanin birni da masana'antu.
Wuri
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Dam ɗin Kromme yana gabas-kudu maso gabas na Kareedouw, kudu da hanyar kwarin Langkloof ( titin R62 ), kuma a kan gangaren arewa na tsaunin Kareedouw. Dam ɗin shi ne 100 km yamma da Gqeberha, a 34° 00' S, 24° 29' E.
Girma
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Dam ɗin yana da ƙarfin da ya kai miliyan 35 m³, tsayinsa ya kai mita 43, kuma yana da iyakar tafki na 2,492. km 2 da kulle 12-m. Bututun da ke da kimanin nauyi yana kawo ruwan zuwa cikin birni.
Tarihi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Port Elizabeth ta girma cikin sauri a cikin shekarar 1930s. George Begg, Injiniyan Birni, ya ba da shawarar gina dam a kan Krom, kogin mafi kusa da ruwa mai yawa da inganci. Ko da yake an fara ginin a shekara ta 1936, ba za a gama ginin ba sai bayan yakin duniya na biyu . A cikin shekarar 1942, an yanke shawarar sanyawa dam sunan Sir Winston Churchill don girmama rawar da ya taka a wannan yakin. Gen. Jan Smuts ya sadaukar da shi a cikin shekarar 1948.
Spoorbek
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Yayin da dam ɗin ya cika, ruwan ya rufe gonar Hendrik Spoorbek (wanda aka sani da Spoorbek's Land).
Ambaliyar ruwa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Dam ɗin Churchill da Dam ɗin Impofu na taimakawa wajen shawo kan ambaliyar ruwa na kogin Krom lokaci-lokaci. Waɗannan sun lalata filayen tarihi da gine-gine a bankuna da kusa da bakin kogin.
Duba kuma
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- Jerin tafki da madatsun ruwa a Afirka ta Kudu
- Jerin sunayen koguna na Afirka ta Kudu
Littafi Mai Tsarki
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- Logie, Bartle (1999). Tafiyar Gwamna. Tafiya tare da bakin tekun Kouga/Tsitsikamma . Mafarauta Retreat: Bluecliff.
- krommerivier.wordpress.com
- www.dwa.gov.za Archived 2022-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- Jerin Madatsun Ruwa na Afirka ta Kudu daga Sashen Kula da Ruwa da Dazuka (Afrika ta Kudu)