Manjirenji Dam, formerly known as Lake McDougal, lies in south eastern

Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...

, east of

Masvingo Masvingo, known as Fort Victoria during the colonial period, is a city in southeastern Zimbabwe and the capital of Masvingo Province. The city lies close to Great Zimbabwe, the national monument from which the country takes its name and clos ...

. It was built to provide irrigation water to the farming estates on the lowveld to the southwest, around the town of

Chiredzi Chiredzi is a town in Masvingo province in south-east Zimbabwe. It is located near the Runde River, which has a tributary called the ' Chiredzi'. As the administrative center for Chiredzi District, it is where both the rural and district coun ...

, where the main crop has been sugar cane. The lake and environs are protected as Manjirenji Dam Recreational Park.

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Masvingo Buildings and structures in Masvingo Province Dams in Zimbabwe Dams completed in 1967 {{Africa-dam-stub