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

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

From Science Daily • May 30, 2024

Yalelo Zambia is the biggest tilapia producer in Sub-Saharan Africa, producing 25,000 tonnes of fish combined at its facilities on Lake Kariba in Zambia and on the Ugandan side of Lake Victoria.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2023

In Zimbabwe, electricity shortages that have plagued the country for years have worsened as the state authority that manages Kariba, the country’s biggest dam, has limited power generation due to low water levels.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2023

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 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