🚧 Syria–Turkey Friendship Dam

Syria · Asia · 36.17°N, 36.36°E

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The Friendship Dam is a dam on the Orontes River between the Syrian village of al-Alani, and the Turkish village of Ziyaret. It will cost $28.5 million and will be able to generate 16 million kilowatt-hours of electricity every year and supply water for 10,000 hectares of agricultural soil. In late June 2011 it was reported that the construction was delayed due to the uprising in Syria. A protocol which was supposed to be signed between the two countries, was not.

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Quick facts

CountrySyria
Continent / regionAsia
Coordinates (approx.)36.17°N, 36.36°E · view on map

Syria–Turkey Friendship Dam is located in Syria, in Asia.

More dams in Syria

Afrin Dam · Al-Wehda Dam · Halabiye Dam · Mansoura Dam · Tishrin Dam · Zeyzoun Dam.

Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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