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Mahardah Dam

Coordinates: 35°16′06.33″N 36°34′37.24″E / 35.2684250°N 36.5770111°E / 35.2684250; 36.5770111
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Mahardah Dam
Mahardah Dam is located in Syria
Mahardah Dam
Location of Mahardah Dam in Syria
CountrySyria
LocationMahardah, Hama Governorate
Coordinates35°16′06.33″N 36°34′37.24″E / 35.2684250°N 36.5770111°E / 35.2684250; 36.5770111
PurposeIrrigation
StatusOperational
Opening date1960
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsOrontes River
Height41 m (135 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity67,000,000 m3 (54,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface area4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi)

The Mahardah Dam, also spelled Mhardeh Dam, is an embankment dam on the Orontes River in the city of Mahardah, Hama Governorate, Syria. It was completed in 1960 with the primary purpose of irrigation and a capacity of 54,000 acre feet.[1] It was constructed by the Bulgarian firm Hydrostroy along with the al-Rastan Dam, which is upstream and also on the Orontes.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Middle East Dams". UN FAO (via Aquasat). Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Hydrostroy". Velgraf. Retrieved 9 August 2013.