Mohamed V Dam | |
Name Official: | Barrage Mohamed V |
Location Map: | Morocco |
Coordinates: | 34.6631°N -2.9383°W |
Country: | Morocco |
Location: | Zaio |
Status: | O |
Opening: | 1967 |
Dam Type: | Arch-gravity |
Dam Height: | 64m (210feet) |
Dam Length: | 280m (920feet) |
Dam Volume: | 250000m2 |
Dam Crosses: | Moulouya River |
Res Capacity Total: | 730e6m3 |
Res Capacity Active: | 690e6m3 |
Res Catchment: | 49920km2[1] |
Plant Hydraulic Head: | 48m (157feet) |
Plant Commission: | 1967 |
Plant Turbines: | 1 x 23MW Francis-type |
Plant Capacity: | 23 MW[2] |
The Mohamed V Dam is an arch-gravity dam located south of Zaio on the Moulouya River in Oujda-Angad Province, Morocco. The primary purpose of the dam is supplying water for the irrigation of 70000ha downstream. Water is also used for hydroelectric power production and water supply to the city of Nador. The dam is named after Mohammed V of Morocco.[3] The dam's reservoir and wetlands were designated as a Ramsar site in 2005.[4]