The Hemrin Dam is a
dam on the
Diyala River
The Diyala River (Arabic: ; ku, Sîrwan; Farsi: , ) is a river and tributary of the Tigris. It is formed by the confluence of Sirwan river and Tanjaro river in Darbandikhan Dam in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate of Northern Iraq. It covers a total ...
100 km northeast of
Baghdad, Iraq
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the list of largest cities in the Arab world, second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the ...
. The main purpose of the dam is flood control, irrigation and hydroelectric generation. Its power station has a 50 MW capacity. The dam and the attached power house were built in years 1976-1981 by the then Yugoslav company GIK Hidrogradnja (of Sarajevo, now Bosnia-Herzegovina). All the equipment (gates, turbines, generators) were also supplied by the then-Yugoslav companies.
A large
archaeological salvage operation was undertaken to excavate archaeological sites that were at risk of flooding once the reservoir (now
Hamrin Lake) would start to fill. Sites that were excavated as part of this operation included
Tell Madhur,
Tell Rashid,
Tell Saadiya and
Tell Abada.
See also
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List of dams and reservoirs in Iraq
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List of power stations in Iraq
References
External links
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Dams in Iraq
Hydroelectric power stations in Iraq
Earth-filled dams
Dams completed in 1981
Dams on the Diyala (Sirwan) River
1981 establishments in Iraq
Energy infrastructure completed in 1981
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