Ain Zada Dam | |
Name Official: | Barrage Ain Zada |
Location Map: | Algeria |
Coordinates: | 36.1744°N 5.1494°W |
Country: | Algeria |
Location: | Khelil |
Status: | O |
Construction Began: | 1982 |
Opening: | 1986 |
Dam Type: | Embankment |
Dam Height: | 500NaN0 |
Dam Length: | 7000NaN0 |
Dam Width Crest: | 80NaN0 |
Dam Width Base: | 2600NaN0 |
Dam Volume: | 26070000NaN0 |
Dam Crosses: | Bouselam River |
Spillway Capacity: | 43700NaN0 |
Res Capacity Total: | 1250000000NaN0 |
Res Surface: | 120NaN0 |
The Ain Zada Dam is an embankment dam located 100NaN0 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 240NaN0 to the west.[1]