Razzaza lake
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| Coordinates | 32 ° 45 '47 " N , 43 ° 36' 47" E | ||||||
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| Construction time: | 1951/55 | ||||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 15 or 18 m | ||||||
| Building volume: | 1 million m³ | ||||||
| Crown length: | 3770 m | ||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||
| Water surface | 1850 km² | ||||||
| Storage space | 26,000 million m³ | ||||||
The Razzaza Lake ( Arabic بحيرة الرزازة, DMG Buḥairat ar-Razzāza , also Buhairat al-Milh ) is the southernmost of the larger lakes in central Iraq . It is located southwest of Baghdad near Karbala in the governorates of Karbala and al-Anbar . The other two lakes are Tharthar Lake , which is the largest, and Al-Habbaniyya Lake , the smallest and located in the middle.
In 1955 the Ramadi weir on the Euphrates was built to divert water into the Habbaniyya Depression . In the event of a very large flood, the water was passed through a canal and the Muddschara regulator into the larger Abu Dibbis Depression. The outflowless lake Razzaza was created from this.
The storage space of the Razzaza lake is 26 billion m³, the al-Habbaniyya lake and the Razzaza lake can together hold 29.30 billion m³. The structure data in the table refer to the Ramadi weir.
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
Web links
- Restauration of the Mesopotamian Marshes (PDF file; 1.46 MB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Tabular Summary of Civil Engineering Contract 1953 - Irrigation. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. In: The Engineer , January 29, 1954, p. 27 (digital p. 24 of 58) (PDF, 21 MB)
