Mita Hills Dam

Mita Hills Dam

Coordinates: 14°13′55″S 29°07′20″E / 14.231829°S 29.122092°E / -14.231829; 29.122092 Mita Hills Dam is an embankment dam with a hydroelectric power station and man-made lake near Kabwe, Zambia. It was constructed on the Lunsemfwa River by the Anglo American Corporation in the 1950s to supply the Broken Hill Mine at Kabwe.[citation needed]

The lake is approximately 30 km long by 3-5 km wide. Bream dominate the fish species in the lake.


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