Badush Dam
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The Badush Dam is an unfinished multi-purpose dam on the Tigris River, located near Badush, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northwest of Mosul in the Ninawa Governorate, northern Iraq.
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Badush Dam | |
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Location | Badush, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq |
Coordinates | 36°28′00″N 42°57′59″E |
Status | Unfinished |
Construction began | 1988; 36 years ago (1988) |
Operator(s) | Ministry of Water Resources |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Gravity with earthen sections |
Impounds | Tigris River |
Height | 102 m (335 ft) |
Length | 3,730 m (12,240 ft) |
Dam volume | 6,100,000 m3 (8,000,000 cu yd) |
Spillway capacity | 4,000 m3/s (140,000 cu ft/s) |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 10,000,000,000 m3 (8,100,000 acre⋅ft) @ 307 m (1,007 ft) |
Normal elevation | Normal: 245.5 m (805 ft) Flood: 307 m (1,007 ft) |
Power Station | |
Hydraulic head | 100 m (330 ft) (net) |
Turbines | 4 x 42.5 MW Kaplan-type |
Installed capacity | 170 MW |
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If completed, the dam's designed main purpose is to provide protection from a failure of the unstable Mosul Dam upstream. In addition, the hydroelectric power station would have an installed capacity of 170 MW and the dam would further regulate tailwaters from Mosul Dam.[citation needed]