Haditha dam
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ N , 42 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ E | ||||||
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| Construction time: | - 1985 | ||||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 57 m | ||||||
| Crown length: | 8933 m | ||||||
| Power plant output: | 660 MW | ||||||
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| Water surface | 500 km² | ||||||
| Storage space | 6400 (8200?) Million m³ | ||||||
The Haditha Dam ( Arabic سد حديثة, DMG Sadd Ḥadīṯa ) on the Euphrates is a dam in Iraq . It is located near Haditha about 210 km northwest of Baghdad and also northwest of Lake Tharthar . With its 660 MW hydropower plant, the dam is the second largest hydropower generator in Iraq after the Mosul dam . The Haditha hydropower plant has six turbines .
The reservoir is called al-Qadisiya , Buhayrat al-Qadisiya or Lake Qadisiyah . The dam , a structure made of loose earth material, was built between 1976 and 1986 by the Yugoslav company Hidrogradnja Sarajevo . The dam was occupied by US Army Rangers on April 1, 2003 during the Iraq War and has served as the headquarters for a Marines unit since then .
In 2004, the Gulf Region Division of the United States Army Corps of Engineers carried out repairs on one of the six turbines in order to achieve the full efficiency of the plant.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Haditha Dam At Full Operation for First Time Since 1990 ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Coalition Provisional Authority (English)
See also
- List of the largest dams on earth
- List of the largest reservoirs on earth
- List of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world
- List of dams in the world
