Ain Zada Dam Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ain Zada. Hidrotehnika-Hidroenergetika. 22 August 2011.