page_title: Manyuchi Dam
section_title: Ecology
hierarchical_section_title: Manyuchi Dam / Ecology
caption_attribution_description: English: Crocodile lounging in the sun by the waters of Manyuchi Dam
context_page_description: Manyuchi Dam forms a reservoir on the Mwenezi River in southern Zimbabwe. It is located in the Mwenezi District. The building of the dam was financed by the Mwenezi Development Corporation. The dam was built to irrigate oil palm estates.
context_section_description: The river once boasted of hippos, but now they are gone. Instead the dam is riven with crocodiles. A number of villagers have lost their lives in the past while fishing in the dam from the Nile Crocodiles. There are several species of fish found in the dam, mostly in the family of tigerfish found in Lake Kariba. The dam's lifespan is under threat from the upstream dwellers, especially those in Mataga and districts in Zvishavane who till in the catchment of the dam producing silt.
caption: A Nile Crocodile lounging in the sun on the edge of the dam
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