Tabqa Dam

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dam embankment dam gravity dam hydroelectric dam irrigation infrastructure

Tabqa Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam on the Euphrates River in northern Syria, forming Lake Assad and playing a key role in the country’s water and power supply.

Aliases (2)

Al-Thawra Dam ×1
Euphrates Dam ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dam → embankment dam → gravity dam → hydroelectric dam → irrigation infrastructure →
affectsRegion	Euphrates valley in Syria → northern Syria →
alsoKnownAs	Al-Thawra Dam → Euphrates Dam →
basinCountry	Syria →
builtWithAssistanceFrom	Soviet Union →
completionDate	1973 →
constructionStartDate	1968 →
country	Syria →
createsBarrierFor	Euphrates River flow in Syria →
designedBy	Soviet engineers →
enablesIrrigationArea	hundreds of thousands of hectares →
formsReservoir	Lake Assad →
hasSpillway	yes →
height	60 metres →
installedCapacity	about 824 MW →
length	4.5 kilometres →
locatedIn	Raqqa Governorate →
locatedNearCity	Al-Thawrah → Raqqa →
locatedOnRiver	Euphrates River NERFINISHED →
nameArabic	سد الطبقة →
nearbyInfrastructure	Tabqa city → Tabqa military airbase →
numberOfTurbines	8 →
openingDate	1973 →
operator	Syrian government →
primaryPurpose	hydroelectric power generation → irrigation →
region	northern Syria →
reservoirCitySubmerged	parts of old Raqqa region →
reservoirName	Lake Assad →
reservoirNameArabic	بحيرة الأسد →
reservoirSurfaceArea	about 610 square kilometres →
reservoirTotalCapacity	about 11.7 cubic kilometres →
riverBasin	Euphrates basin NERFINISHED →
secondaryPurpose	flood control → water supply →
significance	key element of Syria’s national irrigation schemes → major component of Syria’s power grid →
turbineType	Francis turbine →
usedFor	agricultural irrigation → domestic water supply → electricity generation →
waterSource	Euphrates River inflow →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Tabqa Dam ("Al-Thawra Dam") → Tabqa Dam ("Euphrates Dam") →	alsoKnownAs
Euphrates →	hasDam
Euphrátēs →	hasMajorDam