Planning a visit to Katse Dam in Lesotho’s Highlands
At Katse, the dam, reservoir and botanical garden help explain a mountain landscape transformed by a binational water project.
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Katse Dam is a concrete structure in Lesotho’s highlands and part of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. A guided visit explains its role in water management and transfer; the nearby botanical garden adds a plant-life perspective.
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What makes it special
- A double-curvature concrete arch dam on the Malibamatso River.
- Guided visits to the dam wall and an introduction to the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
- Katse Botanical Garden features indigenous plants, including species rescued from the reservoir area.
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- environment.gov.ls
- www.bos.gov.ls
- environment.gov.ls
- environment.gov.ls
- www.lhda.org.ls
- www.gov.ls
- www.gov.ls
- www.bos.gov.ls
- Lesoto · Wikidata
- Lesotho · World Countries — mledoze
- Lesotho · World Bank Open Data
- Lesotho · DBpedia
- Exploring the congruence between the Lesotho junior secondary geography curriculum and environmental education · OpenAlex
- Katse Dam · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Katse Dam, Makhoabeng, Thaba-Tseka District, Lesotho · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
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Profile updated: 29/09/2026