| Khashm el-Girba Dam | |
| Dam Crosses: | Atbarah River |
| Location: | Khashm El Girba |
| Country: | Sudan |
| Dam Type: | Gravity/embankment |
| Purpose: | Water supply, power |
| Status: | O |
| Dam Length: | 3500m (11,500feet) |
| Dam Height: | 47m (154feet) |
| Spillway Capacity: | Spillway: 1000m3/s Lower floodgates: 7700m3/s |
| Construction Began: | 1960 |
| Opening: | 1964 |
| Res Name: | Khashm el-Girba Reservoir |
| Res Capacity Total: | 1300000000m2 |
| Res Catchment: | 112400km2 |
| Res Surface: | 125km2 |
| Res Elevation: | 473m (1,552feet) |
| Res Max Length: | 80km (50miles) |
| Plant Turbines: | 2 x 5MW Kaplan-type |
| Plant Capacity: | 10MW |
| Plant Commission: | 1961, 1963 |
| Location Map: | Sudan |
| Coordinates: | 14.9254°N 35.9079°W |
The Khashm el-Girba Dam is a gravity and embankment composite dam on the Atbarah River about 40NaN0 south of Khashm El Girba in Eastern Sudan. The primary purpose of the dam is irrigation.[1]
The dam is equipped with canal headworks, located on its left bank, which divert water into a canal. When water levels in the reservoir are low, three pumps move water into the canal.
The main portion of the dam is an earthen embankment; the spillway and irrigation headworks sections are concrete gravity.[2] The dam has a small hydroelectric power station, which was upgraded during the period 2002–04 to its current installed capacity of .[3] [4]