Baath dam
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 52 '57 " N , 38 ° 45' 20" E | |
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 Syria
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| place | Ar-Raqqa Governorate | |
| Waters | Euphrates | |
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| Start of operation | 1987 | |
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| Bottleneck performance | 75 megawatts | |
| Turbines | 3 | |
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The Baath Dam , Arabic سد البعث, dams the Euphrates . It is located 22 kilometers upstream from Ar-Raqqah , Syria. It was built from 1983 to 1986.
Barrier structure
The height of the barrier structure is 14 m.
power plant
The power plant has an installed capacity of 75 MW . The first machine was put into operation in 1987, the other two in 1988.
As a result of the Turkish military offensive in northern Syria in 2019 , the Baath dam was taken over by the Syrian army .
See also
Web links
Commons : Baath Dam - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Baath Hydroelectric Power Project Syria. Global Energy Observatory, accessed October 22, 2017 .
