Keddara dam
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 39 '3 " N , 3 ° 24' 59" E | ||||
| Data on the structure | |||||
| Construction time: | 1982 to 1987 | ||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 106 m | ||||
| Building volume: | 4.081 million m³ | ||||
| Crown length: | 470 m | ||||
| Crown width: | 12 m | ||||
| Base width: | 380 m | ||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||
| Water surface | 5.2 km² | ||||
| Total storage space : | 145.6 million m³ | ||||
The Keddara dam ( French Barrage de Keddara ) is located in Algeria in the municipality of Kherrouba , Boumerdes province . It dams the Oued Boudouaou to a reservoir. Algiers is about 35 km west of the dam.
The dam was built from 1982 to 1987. It is used to supply drinking water.
Barrier structure
The barrier structure is a rock embankment dam with a clay core with a height of 106 (or 108) m and a crown length of 468 (or 470) m. The width of the dam is 380 m at the base and 12 m at the top. The volume of the structure is 4.081 million m³. The dam wall has both a bottom outlet and a flood relief .
Reservoir
When the reservoir is completely blocked, it extends over an area of around 5.2 km² and holds 145.6 million m³ of water.
Others
The Keddara dam survived the Boumerdès earthquake on May 21, 2003 without damage.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Keddara. Agence Nationale des Barrages et Transferts (ANBT), accessed on July 9, 2015 (French).
- ↑ a b c KEDDARA. www.hidrotehnika.rs, accessed on July 9, 2015 (English).
- ↑ a b c African Dam factsheet. FAO , accessed July 9, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Keddara embankment dam. www.serbiaconstruction.com, accessed July 9, 2015 .
- ↑ TWO-DIMENSIONAL NONLINEAR SEISMIC ANALYSIS OF KEDDARA ROCKFILL DAM SUBJECTED TO SPATIAL VARYING MOTIONS EFFECTS UNDER BOUMERDES EARTHQUAKE. (No longer available online.) Icossar2013.org, archived from the original on July 12, 2015 ; accessed on July 9, 2015 .