Beris Dam is a water supply dam located in

Sik District Sik District is a Districts of Malaysia, district in Kedah, Malaysia. It is largest district in Kedah. Etymology The name of the district was derived from the Arab word "Syed" or "Sheikh" (pronounced as such in Pattani Malay as "Sik" and "Saik"), ...

Kedah Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman and historically as Queda, is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area of over 9,000 km2, and it consists of the mainland ...

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. The dam is a concrete-faced rockfill dam located in a narrow valley along Beris River, 1.6 km upstream from the river's confluence with

Muda River The Muda River ( ms, Sungai Muda) is the longest river in Kedah, Malaysia. Course Sourced in Ulu Muda Forest in Sik region in northeastern Kedah, along the border with Thailand, the river provides water supply to the states of Kedah and Penang. ...

. The dam was completed in 2004 at a cost of RM360 million and is used to regulate the flow of water along the Muda River basin to augment water available for irrigation of paddy or upland crops, for domestic and industrial water supply and other uses. The reservoir at its normal pool level covers an area of 13.7 km square whilst at maximum pool level inundates an area of 16.1 km square. It has a gross storage capacity of 122.4 million cubic metres with an effective storage of 144 million cubic metres.

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2004 establishments in Malaysia Buildings and structures in Kedah Dams completed in 2004 Dams in Malaysia Sik District {{Asia-dam-stub

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