List of dams and reservoirs in Iraq
Dams and barrages in Iraq (clickable map)
The following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Iraq. They are sorted according to their location in either the Euphrates or the Tigris river basin.
Dams in the Euphrates basin
- Duban Regulator, on the Euphrates, regulating the flow of the Euphrates into Lake Habbaniyah
- Fallujah Barrage, on the Euphrates
- Haditha Dam, on the Euphrates, creating Lake Qadisiya
- Hindiya Barrage, on the Hindiya branch of the Euphrates
- Ramadi Barrage, on the Euphrates
- Warrar Regulator, on the Euphrates
Dams in the Tigris basin
- Adhaim Dam, on the Adhaim River
- Beduhe Dam, on the Beduhe River
- Badush Dam (Incomplete), on the Tigris
- Bekhme Dam (Incomplete), on the Great Zab
- Darbandikhan Dam, on the Diyala River
- Dibis Dam, on the Little Zab
- Diyala Weir, on the Diyala River
- Dukan Dam, on the Little Zab, creating Lake Dukan
- Duhok Dam, on the Duhok River
- Hemrin Dam, on the Diyala River, creating Lake Hamrin
- Kut Barrage, on the Tigris
- Mosul Dam, on the Tigris
- Samarra Dam, on the Tigris
Water outlet of the Haditha Dam
Dams in waterways connecting the Tigris and Euphrates basins
- Badaa Head Regulator, on the Shatt al-Hayy
- Gharraf Head regulator, on the Shatt al-Hayy
- Gharraf Regulators, on the Shatt al-Hayy
- Shallala Weir, on a canal from Lake Tharthar to the Tigris
- Tharthar Diversion Structure, regulating the flow from Lake Tharthar
- Thartar Canal Control Structure, regulating the flow from Lake Tharthar toward either the Euphrates or the tigris
References
- Iraqi Ministries of Environment, Water Resources and Municipalities and Public Works (2006), "Annex III: Main water control structures (dams and water diversions) and reservoirs", New Eden Master Plan for integrated water resources management in the marshlands areas, New Eden Group
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