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Brandvlei Dam

Coordinates: 33°42′45″S 19°24′57″E / 33.71250°S 19.41583°E / -33.71250; 19.41583
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Brandvlei Dam
Official nameBrandvlei Dam
CountrySouth Africa
LocationWestern Cape
Coordinates33°42′45″S 19°24′57″E / 33.71250°S 19.41583°E / -33.71250; 19.41583
PurposeIrrigation
Opening date1983
Owner(s)Department of Water Affairs
Dam and spillways
Type of damEarth fill dam
ImpoundsLower Brandvlei River
Reservoir
CreatesBrandvlei Dam Reservoir
Total capacity303.800.000 m3

Brandvlei Dam is an earth-fill type dam on the Lower Brandvlei River in Western Cape, South Africa. It was completed in 1983 and the inlet is the Holsloot River.

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