Najran Valley Dam Explained

Najran Valley Dam
Name Official:Arabic: سدّ وَادِي نَجْرَان
Location Map:Saudi Arabia#Middle East#Asia
Location Map Caption:Location in Saudi Arabia
Coordinates:17.4081°N 44.014°W
Country:Saudi Arabia
Location:Wadi Najran, Najran Province
Purpose:Water supply, flood control, groundwater recharge
Status:O
Owner:Ministry of Water and Electricity
Dam Type:Arch
Dam Crosses:Wadi Najran
Dam Length:140m (460feet)
Dam Height:73m (240feet)
Spillway Capacity:8200m3/s
Res Name:Najran Reservoir
Res Capacity Total:86000000m2

The Najran Valley Dam (Arabic: سدّ وَادِي نَجْرَان|Sadd [[Wadi|Wādī]] Najrān / Sudd Wādī Najrān) is an arch dam on Wadi Najran about 15km (09miles) southwest of Najran, in the Najran Province of southwest Saudi Arabia. It has several purpose to include water supply, flood control and groundwater recharge. Its collects run-off and sediment in the wadi and helps release it downstream slowly throughout the year. The dam was completed in 1981, and inaugurated by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in 1982. It is owned by the Ministry of Water and Electricity.[1] [2]

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  1. Web site: Alhamid . Abdulaziz A. . Achievements of the custodian of the two holy mosques in water sector, PSIPW . . 30 March 2014 . 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113716/http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/alhamid/ce%20423%20handout/DAMS%20in%20KSA-alhamid.pdf . 4 March 2016 . dead.
  2. Web site: Valley Dam Najran . Najran Municipality . 30 March 2014 . ar.