Kromme Dam

Kromme Dam, (tsohon dam na Churchill), dam ne mai nau'in baka da yawa da ke a kogin Kromme (wani lokaci ana rubuta kogin Krom ), kusa da Kareedouw, Gabashin Cape, a Afirka ta Kudu . An kafa shi a cikin shekarar 1943 kuma babban manufarsa shi ne don amfanin birni da masana'antu.

 Wuri 
Dam ɗin Kromme yana gabas-kudu maso gabas na Kareedouw, kudu da hanyar kwarin Langkloof ( titin R62 ), kuma a kan gangaren arewa na tsaunin Kareedouw. Dam ɗin shi ne 100 km yamma da Gqeberha, a 34° 00' S, 24° 29' E.

 Girma 
Dam ɗin yana da ƙarfin da ya kai miliyan 35 m³, tsayinsa ya kai mita 43, kuma yana da iyakar tafki na 2,492. km 2 da kulle 12-m. Bututun da ke da kimanin nauyi yana kawo ruwan zuwa cikin birni.

 Tarihi 
Port Elizabeth ta girma cikin sauri a cikin shekarar 1930s. George Begg, Injiniyan Birni, ya ba da shawarar gina dam a kan Krom, kogin mafi kusa da ruwa mai yawa da inganci. Ko da yake an fara ginin a shekara ta 1936, ba za a gama ginin ba sai bayan yakin duniya na biyu . A cikin shekarar 1942, an yanke shawarar sanyawa dam sunan Sir Winston Churchill don girmama rawar da ya taka a wannan yakin. Gen. Jan Smuts ya sadaukar da shi a cikin shekarar 1948.

 Spoorbek 
Yayin da dam ɗin ya cika, ruwan ya rufe gonar Hendrik Spoorbek (wanda aka sani da Spoorbek's Land).

 Ambaliyar ruwa 
Dam ɗin Churchill da Dam ɗin Impofu na taimakawa wajen shawo kan ambaliyar ruwa na kogin Krom lokaci-lokaci. Waɗannan sun lalata filayen tarihi da gine-gine a bankuna da kusa da bakin kogin.

 Duba kuma 

 Jerin tafki da madatsun ruwa a Afirka ta Kudu
 Jerin sunayen koguna na Afirka ta Kudu

 Littafi Mai Tsarki 

 Logie, Bartle (1999). Tafiyar Gwamna. Tafiya tare da bakin tekun Kouga/Tsitsikamma . Mafarauta Retreat: Bluecliff. 
 krommerivier.wordpress.com
 www.dwa.gov.za 

 Manazarta 

 Jerin Madatsun Ruwa na Afirka ta Kudu daga Sashen Kula da Ruwa da Dazuka (Afrika ta Kudu)