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Wadi Lebda Dam

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Country
  
Libya

Status
  
Operational

Impounds
  
Wadi Lebda

Opened
  
1982

Location
  
Khoms

Opening date
  
1982

Height
  
33 m

Surface area
  
700 m²

Wadi Lebda Dam

Total capacity
  
5,200,000 m (4,216 acre·ft)

Similar
  
Leptis Magna, Sabratha Theatre, Tetrapylon, Arch of Septimius Severus, Tadrart Acacus

The Wadi Lebda Dam is an embankment dam located on Wadi Lebda, 5 km (3 mi) south of Khoms in the Murqub District, Libya. Completed in 1982, the primary purpose of the dam is water supply for irrigation and flood control.

Map of Wadi Lebda Dam, Libya

References

Wadi Lebda Dam Wikipedia


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