Country Iraq Status Operational Type of dam Embankment, earth-fill Address Duhok, Iraq | Location Dohuk Opening date 1988 Impounds Dohuk River Opened 1988 | |
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Similar Hemrin Dam, Darbandikhan Dam, Adhaim Dam, Dukan Dam, Diyala Weir | ||
Dohuk dam
The Dohuk Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Dohuk River just north of Dohuk in Dahuk Governorate, Iraq. The dam was completed in 1988 with the primary purpose of providing water for irrigation. It is 60 m (197 ft) tall and can withhold 52,000,000 m3 (42,157 acre·ft) of water. The dam has a bell-mouth spillway with a maximum discharge of 81 m3/s (2,860 cu ft/s).
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