Cahorra Bassa Dam

Question 1

What type of aid is Cahorra Bassa?

Answer 1

• large scale
• top down
• bilateral

Question 2

Location?(river)

Answer 2

Zambezi river, Mozambique

Question 3

What is the aid an example of?

Answer 3

when it causes more problems than it saves

Question 4

What is the purpose of the dam?(2)

Answer 4

• for HEP power

- to control water supply in times of drought

Question 5

How much electricity did the Mozambicans receive?

Answer 5

1%

Question 6

Who was the electricity sold to?

Answer 6

South Africa

Question 7

Describe the migration system used by locals before the dam was put in place:

Answer 7

1. Wet season:flood waters deposited alluvium onto floodplain
2. Dry season:people moved in to farm on fertile silts

Question 8

How did the dam interrupt this migration system and what were the consequences?

Answer 8

• dams control the flooding so people permanently moved onto floodplain to be beside river
• natural flow interrupted
• during heavy rainfall dam released flood water
• villages flooded

Question 9

How many deaths did the floods cause?

Answer 9

120

Question 10

How many refugees were there after floods?

Answer 10

100,000

Question 11

What aid was needed following the flood?

Answer 11

emergency

Question 12

What aid was needed following the flood?

Answer 12

emergency

Question 13

Social impacts of dam?

Answer 13

• only 1% of electricity for Mozambicans

- migration process destroyed

Question 14

Economic impacts of dam?

Answer 14

• sell electricity to South Africa to make money(poor country)
• destruction of shrimp industry

Question 15

Enviromental impacts of dam?

Answer 15

• land behind dam:flooded
• shrimps:destroyed
• interrupted natural flow
• impacts on surrounding land