Ain Zada Dam

Ain Zada Dam
Location of Ain Zada Dam in Algeria
Official name Barrage Ain Zada
Country Algeria
Location Khelil
Coordinates 36°10′28″N 05°08′58″E / 36.17444°N 5.14944°E / 36.17444; 5.14944Coordinates: 36°10′28″N 05°08′58″E / 36.17444°N 5.14944°E / 36.17444; 5.14944
Status Operational
Construction began 1982
Opening date 1986
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment
Impounds Bou-Sellam River
Height 50 m (164 ft)
Length 700 m (2,297 ft)
Width (crest) 8 m (26 ft)
Width (base) 260 m (853 ft)
Dam volume 2,607,000 m3 (3,409,827 cu yd)
Spillway capacity 4,370 m3/s (154,325 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Total capacity 125,000,000 m3 (101,339 acre·ft)
Surface area 12 km2 (5 sq mi)

The Ain Zada Dam is an embankment dam located 10 km (6 mi) east of Khelil on the Bou-Sellam River in Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, Algeria. Constructed between 1982 and 1986, the primary purpose of the dam is supplying drinking and irrigation water to Sétif, located 24 km (15 mi) to the west.[1]

References

  1. "Ain Zada". Hidrotehnika-Hidroenergetika. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
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