Zeyzoun Dam breach area
Syria /
Idlib /
Jisr-as-Sugur /
World
/ Syria
/ Idlib
/ Jisr-as-Sugur
, 10 km from center (جسر الشغور)
dam, disaster site, destroyed

Site of Zeyzoun Dam breach. The dam bursted at this location on 4 June 2002, killing 22 people and otherwise affecting around 10,000. 251 houses were destroyed by the 3.3. m (11 ft) wave from the emptying reservoir which swept across 80 square kilometres (31 sq mi) of the surrounding countryside. The Syrian government had ignored signs that the dam needed repairs.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeyzoun_Dam
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 35°43'2"N 36°21'47"E
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- Al-Bassel Lake 107 km
- Berke Dam 197 km
- DSİ Kılavuzlu Dam 220 km
- King Talal dam 395 km
- Hadithah Dam 569 km
- Sarı Mehmet Lake 739 km
- shahar chay dam 784 km
- Barun Dam & Lake 812 km
- Qarah Zia od Din Dam & Lake 824 km
- Factory 0.7 km
- Former Zeyzoun reservoir 1.5 km
- Electrical Grid Station 2 km
- Zeyzoun Thermal Power Plant 2.2 km
- Grain silos 3.3 km
- Electrical Grid Station 3.4 km
- Tall Hamakah 4.1 km
- al-Ghab Plain 20 km
- al-Rouj Plain 23 km
- Greater Idlib - Idlib pocket - Idlib "demilitarization" zone 29 km