Kariba

American  

[kuh-ree-buh] / kəˈri bə /

noun

1. an artificial lake in SE Africa on the border of SW Zimbabwe and S Zambia: site of hydroelectric power project. About 2,000 sq. mi. (5,200 sq. km).

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Kariba British  

/ kəˈriːbə /

noun

1. a lake on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border, created by the building of the Kariba Dam across the Zambezi for hydroelectric power. Length: 282 km (175 miles)

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Example Sentences

Located on the Zambezi, the fourth-longest river in Africa, Kariba was built in the 1950s and is the reservoir for the country’s largest underground power station, Kariba North Bank Power Station.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024

Fossils found on the shoreline of Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe represent a completely new dinosaur species.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2024

Similar scenes are playing out in neighboring Zambia, which also depends on the struggling Kariba hydropower station on the Zambezi River for electricity.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 7, 2023

The Kariba plant has been generating 572 megawatts of the 782 megawatts of electricity produced in the country, according to the website of the state-run power firm, Zimbabwe Power Company.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2022

The hills on both sides of Kariba are much like those of Kebrabasa, the strata tilted and twisted in every direction, with no level ground.

From A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 by Livingstone, David