Tanda Dam or Tanda Lake is a small dam and also a lake view park located in

Kohat District Kohat District ( ps, کوهاټ ولسوالۍ , ur, ) is a district in Kohat Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Kohat city is the capital of the district. History Mughal era From the early sixteenth century the history of Ko ...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

the province of

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. The dam supplies water for irrigation to Jurma, Shahpur and many villages by means of canals from Tanda Lake. It became operational on 17 July 1967, though it was inaugurated by President Ayub Khan in 1962. Covering an area of 405 hectares, the initial capacity of Tanda Dam was to store 65,000 acre feet of water and provide a perennial supply of 260 cusecs of water for irrigation. Tanda Lake is a protected site under the

Ramsar Convention The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of Ramsar sites (wetlands). It is also known as the Convention on Wetlands. It i ...

, an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands. It was included as a Ramsar site on July 23, 1976. The lake is home to migratory birds from Siberia and the Caspian during winter.

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A site with GoogleMaps for Ramsar sites in Pakistan
{{coord, 33, 34, N, 71, 24, E, display=title, region:PK_type:landmark_source:GNS-enwiki Ramsar sites in Pakistan Dams in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Kohat District