💧 Roseires Dam

Sudan · Africa · 11.80°N, 34.39°E

The Roseires Dam is a dam on the Blue Nile at Ad Damazin, just upstream of the town of Er Roseires, in Sudan. It consists of a concrete buttress dam 1 km wide with a maximum height of 68 m, and an earth dam on either side. The earth dam on the eastern bank is 4 km long, and that on the western bank is 8.5 km long. The reservoir has a surface area of about 290 km2.

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Country	Sudan
Continent / region	Africa
Coordinates (approx.)	11.80°N, 34.39°E · view on map

Roseires Dam is located in Sudan, in Africa.

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