Khashm el-Girba Dam

Khashm el-Girba Dam

NASA overhead of the dam and reservoir
Location of Khashm el-Girba Dam in Sudan
Country Sudan
Location Khashm El Girba
Coordinates 14°55′31.29″N 35°54′28.30″E / 14.9253583°N 35.9078611°E / 14.9253583; 35.9078611Coordinates: 14°55′31.29″N 35°54′28.30″E / 14.9253583°N 35.9078611°E / 14.9253583; 35.9078611
Purpose Water supply, power
Status Operational
Construction began 1960
Opening date 1964
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Gravity/embankment
Impounds Atbarah River
Height 47 m (154 ft)
Length 3,500 m (11,500 ft)
Spillway capacity Spillway: 1,000 m3/s (35,000 cu ft/s)
Lower floodgates: 7,700 m3/s (270,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates Khashm el-Girba Reservoir
Total capacity 1,300,000,000 m3 (1,100,000 acre·ft)
Catchment area 112,400 km2 (43,400 sq mi)
Surface area 125 km2 (48 sq mi)
Max. length 80 km (50 mi)
Normal elevation 473 m (1,552 ft)
Power station
Commission date 1961, 1963
Turbines 2 x 5 MW (6,700 hp) Kaplan-type
Installed capacity 10 MW (13,000 hp)

The Khashm el-Girba Dam is a gravity and embankment composite dam on the Atbarah River about 4 km (2 mi) south of Khashm El Girba in Eastern Sudan. The primary purpose of the dam is irrigation.

The dam is equipped with canal headworks, located on its left bank, which divert water into a canal. When water levels in the reservoir are low, three pumps move water into the canal.

The main portion of the dam is an earthen embankment; the spillway and irrigation headworks sections are concrete gravity.[1] The dam has a small hydroelectric power station, which was upgraded during the period 2002-04 to its current installed capacity of 10 megawatts (13,000 hp).[2][3]

See also

References

  1. Ahmad, Siyam. "Assessment of The Current State of The Nile Basin Reservoir Sedimentation Problems" (PDF). Nile Basin Capacity Building Network. p. A3. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  2. "Khashm Algirba Dam". Sudanese Hydro Generation Co Ltd. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  3. "Khashm El Girba Hydro Power Station Rehabilitation (2002-04)". Heavy Engineering Ltd. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
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