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Wadi Wishka Dam

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Country
  
Libya

Status
  
Operational

Impounds
  
Wadi Wishka

Height
  
25 m

Construction cost
  
5 million USD

Location
  
Sokna

Opening date
  
2006

Length
  
160 m (525 ft)

Opened
  
2006

Construction began
  
2004

Wadi Wishka Dam

Similar
  
Wadi Kaam Dam, Mohale Dam, Tokwe Mukorsi Dam, Tadrart Acacus, Bakun Dam

The Wadi Wishka Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill embankment dam located on Wadi Wishka, 29 km (18 mi) southwest of Sokna in the Fezzan region of Libya. The primary purpose of the dam is flood control and water. Construction on the dam began in 2004 and it was completed in 2006 at a cost of $5 million USD.

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Wadi Wishka Dam Wikipedia