Tukuk-OS🚧 Jibiya Dam
Nigeria · Africa · 13.07°N, 7.25°E
The Jibiya Dam is in Jibiya local government area of Katsina State in the north of Nigeria. It is an earth-fill structure with a geomembrane liner, with a height of 23.5 metres or 77 feet and a total length of 3,660 m (12,010 ft), and has a capacity of 142 million m3. The dam was designed in 1987 and completed in 1989, and was built to support irrigation and water supply. The landscape at the dam site is sub-desertic except in the rainy season. The Gada river flows for only about four months each year, with a catchment area at Jibiya of over 400 km2. Due to the loose sandy nature of the surface soil, a flexible impervious liner was used that could adapt to settling or deformation of the embankment.
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Quick facts
| Country | Nigeria |
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| Continent / region | Africa |
| Coordinates (approx.) | 13.07°N, 7.25°E · view on map |
Jibiya Dam is located in Nigeria, in Africa.
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