Afrin Dam
The Afrin Dam (Arabic: سد عفرين), officially 17 April Dam (Arabic: سد 17 نيسان), also called Maydanki Dam (Arabic: سد ميدانكي), is an earth-filled water storage and hydroelectric power dam on the Afrin River in northwest Syria. It provides drinking water to almost 200,000 people, irrigates about 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) of olives, fruit trees and agricultural crops, and supplies 25 MW of hydroelectric power. It is currently under the control of the Turkish Land Forces.
| Afrin Dam | |
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Satellite view 5 June 2002 - dam circled | |
Location of Afrin Dam in Syria | |
| Official name | 17 April Dam |
| Country | Syria |
| Location | Afrin District |
| Coordinates | 36.623103°N 36.873184°E |
| Purpose | Reservoir |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1971 |
| Opening date | 24 April 1977 |
| Construction cost | LS 58.2 billion |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Earth fill |
| Impounds | Afrin River |
| Height (foundation) | 73 metres (240 ft) |
| Length | 983 metres (3,225 ft) |
| Width (crest) | 22 metres (72 ft) |
| Width (base) | 385 metres (1,263 ft) |
| Spillways | 1 |
| Spillway type | Half-fan |
| Spillway capacity | 1,329 cubic metres per second (46,900 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Maydanki Lake |
| Total capacity | 190,000,000 cubic metres (6.7×109 cu ft) |
| Catchment area | 1,365 square kilometres (527 sq mi) |
| Surface area | 9.25 square kilometres (3.57 sq mi) |
| Maximum length | 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) |
| Maximum width | 650 metres (2,130 ft) |
| Normal elevation | 339 metres (1,112 ft) |
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