- Source: Midmar Dam
Midmar Dam is a combined gravity & earth-fill type dam and recreation area located near Howick and Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Boating, swimming, waterskiing, picnicking, and fishing are popular pastimes at Midmar Dam. Each year, the Midmar Mile swimming race is held there, which organizers call "the world's largest open water swimming event". Over 20,000 entries were received for the 2009 event. Midmar Dam is located in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal. The dam's primary purpose is to serve for municipal and industrial use and its hazard potential has been ranked high (3).
Morgenzon has camping and caravanning sites, both powered and non-powered. The dam also hosts a yacht club, and lock up storage facilities for boats.
Midmar Dam is easily accessible from the N3 motorway.
See also
List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa
List of rivers of South Africa
Umgeni River
Midmar Mile
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bandar Udara Pietermaritzburg
- Midmar Dam
- Umgeni River
- Midmar Mile
- Pietermaritzburg
- Midmar Nature Reserve
- R103 (South Africa)
- List of dams in South Africa
- Mvoti to Umzimkulu Water Management Area
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Sander Berk
