Table 3.
Summary of cumulative reservoir shoreline and population living close to large dam reservoirs in the Volta, Limpopo, Zambezi and Omo-Turkana basins.
| Basins | Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | |||||
| Total reservoir shoreline (km) | Population < 5 km from shoreline | Total reservoir shoreline (km) | Population < 5 km from shoreline | Total reservoir shoreline(km) | Population < 5 km from shoreline | Total reservoir shoreline (km) | Population < 5 km from shoreline | |
| Volta | 19,640 | 383,272 | 19,640 | 545,345 | 19,640 | 643,072 | 19,640 | 815,864 |
| Limpopo | 2158 | 203,518 | 2158 | 235,321 | 2158 | 274,071 | 2158 | 367,364 |
| Zambezi | 12,985 | 325,420 | 12,985 | 573,374 | 12,985 | 778,228 | 12,985 | 903,153 |
| Omo-Turkana | 190 | 132,074 | 200 | 172,344 | 295 | 193,273 | 409 | 408,713 |
| Grand total | 34,973 | 1,044,283 | 34,983 | 1,526,385 | 35,078 | 1,888,643 | 35,192 | 2,495,094 |