The following is a list of
dam
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...
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reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
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Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
. They are sorted according to their location in either the
Euphrates
The Euphrates () is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia ( ''the land between the rivers''). Originating in Turkey, the Eup ...
or the
Tigris
The Tigris () is the easternmost of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian and Arabian Deserts, and empties into the ...
river basin.
Dams in the Euphrates basin
*Duban Regulator, on the Euphrates, regulating the flow of the Euphrates into
Lake Habbaniyah
Lake Habbaniyah ( ''Baḥīra al-Ḥabbāniya'') is a lake located halfway between Ramadi and Fallujah near Al-Taqaddum (TQ) Air Base in Al Habbaniyah in Anbar Province, Iraq.
In the late 1930s and 1940s Lake Habbaniyah was used by Imperial Airw ...
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Fallujah Barrage, on the Euphrates
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Haditha Dam
The Haditha Dam ( ar, سد حديثة, Sadd Ḥadītha) or Qadisiya Dam is an earth-fill dam on the Euphrates, north of Haditha (Iraq), creating Lake Qadisiyah ( ar, script=Latn, Buhayrat al-Qadisiyyah). The dam is just over long and high. The ...
, on the Euphrates, creating
Lake Qadisiyah
A man-made reservoir in Al-Anbar, Iraq, Lake Qadisiyah ( ar, بحيرة القادسية) sits on the north side of the Haditha Dam.
Qadisiyah was formed by the damming of the Euphrates river above Haditha, Iraq. It has of shoreline and prov ...
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Hindiya Barrage, on the Hindiya branch of the Euphrates
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Ramadi Barrage, on the Euphrates
*Warrar Regulator, on the Euphrates
*Three dams in
Wadi Hauran (Hussayniyah dam, Rutba dam, and the Hauran dam)
Dams in the Tigris basin
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Adhaim Dam, on the
Adhaim River
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Alwand Dam, on the Alwand River
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Badush Dam (incomplete), on the Tigris
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Bastora Dam (under construction), on the Bastora River
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Bawanur Dam (under construction), on the Diyala River
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Beduhe Dam, on the Beduhe River
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Bekhme Dam (incomplete), on the
Great Zab
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Darbandikhan Dam
The Darbandikhan Dam ( ku, Bendava Derbendîxanê ,بەنداوی دەربەندیخان) is a multi-purpose embankment dam on the Diyala River in northern Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq. It was constructed between 1956 and 1961. The purpose of th ...
, on the
Diyala River
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Deralok Dam (under construction), on the Great Zab
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Dibis Dam, on the
Little Zab
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Diyala Weir, on the Diyala River
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Dukan Dam, on the Little Zab, creating
Lake Dukan
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Duhok Dam, on the Duhok River
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Hemrin Dam, on the Diyala River, creating
Lake Hamrin
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Kut Barrage, on the Tigris
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Mosul Dam, on the Tigris
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Samarra Dam, on the Tigris
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Dams in waterways connecting the Tigris and Euphrates basins
*Badaa Head Regulator, on the
Shatt al-Hayy
*Gharraf Head regulator, on the Shatt al-Hayy
*Gharraf Regulators, on the Shatt al-Hayy
*Shallala Weir, on a canal from
Lake Tharthar to the Tigris
*Tharthar Diversion Structure, regulating the flow from Lake Tharthar
*Thartar Canal Control Structure, regulating the flow from Lake Tharthar toward either the Euphrates or the tigris
See also
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List of rivers of Iraq
This is a list of rivers of Iraq.
Persian Gulf
*Shatt al-Arab
**Euphrates
***Shatt al-Hayy or Gharraf Canal, distributary of the Tigris
***Wadi al-Khirr
***Wadi al-Ubayyid
***Wadi al-Ghadaf
***Lake Tharthar, Wadi Tharthar
***Wadi Hauran
**Tigris
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Reservoirs
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including control ...
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