RASTAN DAM ON ORONTO RIVER, SYRIA

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Country: Syria

 

Capacity 250,000,000 cu. m of water, the dam comprises 1,440,000 cu. m of earth fill, 260,000 cu. m of clay core, 110,000 cu. m of filters, and 30,000 cu. m of stone pitching. Total length 375 m, 67 m high, 230 m wide at the base and 11 m at the top. A reinforcing screen has been injected under the wall to a depth of 90 m along the total length. Spillway capacity 1,500 cu. m/sec. Discharge tunnel 400 m long, 6.60 m in diameter built in a curve of 200 m radius. The intake is a pressure tunnel steel-lined with a total length of 545 m.