Official name سد البعث Impounds Euphrates Total capacity 0.09 km (0.02 cu mi) Opened 1986 Impound Euphrates | Opening date 1986 Creates Baath Dam Reservoir Height 14 m Construction began 1983 | |
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Location Raqqa Governorate, Syria, captured by ISIL during Syrian Civil War Similar Tabqa Dam, Tishrin Dam, Ramadi Barrage, Karkamış Dam, Qal'at Najm | ||
The Baath Dam (Arabic: سد البعث, literally dam of the renaissance) is a dam on the Euphrates, located 22 kilometres (14 mi) upstream from the city of Raqqa in Raqqa Governorate, Syria. Construction of the dam started in 1983 and was finished in 1986. It is intended to generate hydroelectric power as well as regulate the irregular flow from the Tabqa Dam, which is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) upstream from the Baath Dam. These irregularities in the flow from the Tabqa Dam are caused by changes in the electricity demand. The Baath Dam is 14 metres (46 ft) high and the installed water turbines can generate 81 MW. The storage capacity of the Baath Dam Reservoir is 0.09 cubic kilometres (0.022 cu mi).
Map of Baath Dam, Syria
The Baath Dam is one of three dams in the Syrian Euphrates, the other two being the Tabqa Dam, and the Tishrin Dam 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of the Syro-Turkish border. Like the Baath Dam, the Tishrin Dam is also functionally related to the Tabqa Dam. Construction of the Tishrin Dam was partly motivated by the disappointing performance of the hydroelectric power station in the Tabqa Dam. Syria now plans to construct a fourth dam – the Halabiye Dam – in the Euphrates, downstream from the Baath Dam.