List of dams and reservoirs in Iraq
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 and barrages in Iraq (clickable map)
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 Qadisiyah
- Hindiya Barrage, on the Hindiya branch of the Euphrates
- Ramadi Barrage, on the Euphrates
- Warrar Regulator, on the Euphrates
- Three dams in Wadi Hauran (Hussayniyah dam, Rutba dam, and the Hauran dam)
Dams in the Tigris basin
- Adhaim Dam, on the Adhaim River
- Badush Dam (incomplete), on the Tigris
- Bastora Dam (under construction), on the Bastora River
- Bawanur Dam (under construction), on the Diyala River
- Beduhe Dam, on the Beduhe River
- Bekhme Dam (incomplete), on the Great Zab
- Darbandikhan Dam, on the Diyala River
- Deralok Dam (under construction), on the Great Zab
- 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
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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