Wali Tangi Dam is a small

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, aqua ...

in the

Urak Valley Urak Valley, also known as the Hanna Urak Valley, is a valley surrounded by mountains in the Quetta District of Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan Province, in western Pakistan. It is located in Zarghun Ghar, Zarghoon Range near Hana Lake, and fr ...

Balochistan Balochistan ( ; , ), also spelled as Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in West and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. This arid region o ...

province of

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. It is situated approximately east of

Quetta Quetta is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It is the ninth largest city in Pakistan, with an estimated population of over 1.6 million in 2024. It is situated in the south-west of the country, lying in a ...

at an elevation of approximately . Wali Tangi Dam was constructed by the

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ), commonly known as the Pak Army (), is the Land warfare, land service branch and the largest component of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The president of Pakistan is the Commander-in-chief, supreme commander of the army. The ...

in the early 1960s to supply clean water to

and

for irrigation and human consumption. The dam stores and utilizes fresh water from melting

snow Snow consists of individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes. It consists of frozen crystalline water througho ...

s in the surrounding Zarghoon mountains, which are part of the

Sulaiman Mountains The Sulaiman Mountains, also known as Kōh-e Sulaymān, Kasē Ghrūna Da Suleiman Ghruna (Pashto: د كسې غرونه ، د سلیمان غرونه; "Mountains of Qaes/Kasi and Solomon") ( Balochi:; "Mountains of Solomon") are a north–south ex ...

Sources

* Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, "The Armed Forces of Pakistan", Allen & Unwin, 2002 * Raymond A. Moore, Jr., "The Use of the Army in Nation-Building: The Case of Pakistan", Asian Survey, Vol. 9, No. 6 (Jun., 1969), pp. 447–456

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Dams in Balochistan, Pakistan Infrastructure completed in the 1960s {{Pakistan-dam-stub

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