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Ain Zada Dam

Coordinates: 36°10′28″N 05°08′58″E / 36.17444°N 5.14944°E / 36.17444; 5.14944
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Ain Zada Dam
Ain Zada Dam is located in Algeria
Ain Zada Dam
Location of Ain Zada Dam in Algeria
Official nameBarrage Ain Zada
CountryAlgeria
LocationKhelil
Coordinates36°10′28″N 05°08′58″E / 36.17444°N 5.14944°E / 36.17444; 5.14944
StatusOperational
Construction began1982
Opening date1986
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment
ImpoundsBouselam River
Height50 m (164 ft)
Length700 m (2,297 ft)
Width (crest)8 m (26 ft)
Width (base)260 m (853 ft)
Dam volume2,607,000 m3 (3,409,827 cu yd)
Spillway capacity4,370 m3/s (154,325 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Total capacity125,000,000 m3 (101,339 acre⋅ft)
Surface area12 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

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