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Tarbela Dam

Pakistan / North-West Frontier / Topi /
 dam, hydroelectric power station/plant
Tarbela Dam (Urdu: تربیلا بند ) is a dam on the Indus River in Pakistan.It is located 50 kilometers North-West of Islamabad in the Haripur District. It is the largest earth filled dam in the world and it produces much of Pakistan's hydroelectricity. Tarbela Dam is part of the Indus Basin Project, which resulted from a water treaty signed in 1960 between India and Pakistan, guaranting Pakistan water supplies independent of upstream control by India. Construction began in 1968, and continued until completion in 1976. The dam has a volume of 138,600,000 cubic yards (106,000,000 m³). With a reservoir capacity of 11,098,000 acre-feet (13.69 km³), the dam is 469 feet (143 m) high and 8,997 feet (2,743 m) wide at its crest. It helps to maintain the flow of the Indus during seasonal fluctuations.
A new, smaller hydro-electric power project has been developed downstream known as the Ghazi Barotha Hydel Power Project. Its is solely for generating electricity and has a water channel with the highest flow in the world.
While the dam has fulfilled its purpose in storing water for agricultural use in Pakistan, there have been environmental consequences to the Indus river delta. Reduction of seasonal flooding and reduced water flows to the delta have decreased mangrove stands and the abundance of some fish species.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarbela_Dam
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Coordinates:   34°5'18"N   72°42'43"E

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  • kareley
    Tarbela Dam (Urdu: تربیلا بند ) is a dam on the Indus River in Pakistan.It is located 50 kilometers North-West of Islamabad near the Haripur District. It is the largest earth filled dam in the world and it produces much of Pakistan's hydroelectricity. Tarbela Dam is part of the Indus Basin Project, which resulted from a water treaty signed in 1960 between India and Pakistan, guaranting Pakistan water supplies independent of upstream control by India. Construction began in 1968, and continued until completion in 1976. The dam has a volume of 138,600,000 cubic yards (106,000,000 m³). With a reservoir capacity of 11,098,000 acre-feet (13.69 km³), the dam is 469 feet (143 m) high and 8,997 feet (2,743 m) wide at its crest. It helps to maintain the flow of the Indus during seasonal fluctuations. A new, smaller hydro-electric power project has been developed downstream known as the Ghazi Barotha Hydel Power Project. Its is solely for generating electricity and has a water channel with the highest flow in the world. While the dam has fulfilled its purpose in storing water for agricultural use in Pakistan, there have been environmental consequences to the Indus river delta. Reduction of seasonal flooding and reduced water flows to the delta have decreased mangrove stands and the abundance of some fish specie
  • shahali
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_dams
  • Abdul (guest)
    I miss my home place ghazi hamlet, I missed tarbela dam.
  • hassan mumtaz khan (guest)
    tarbela dam is among the greatest dams of the world and i m proud of it ,me from tarbela ghazi
  • toseefiqbal (guest)
    i am toseef iqbal from nowshera kalan.turbala is very buti place.i missed tarbela dam
  • Raza Gondal (guest)
    Terbela dam is back bone of country`s electric power.
  • Raza Gondal (guest)
    I visited Terbela on demand of my sweet son SAAD. Terbela is beautiful place.
  • ijazahmadhashmi
    terbela has the beautyfullness which no one has
  • gondal444
    It has 14 generators.
  • M sadiq (guest)
    muhammad sadiq from torghar bimbal akazie
  • toheed akhtar from kaddi (guest)
    turbila is my hart
  • Javed Iqbalcdo
    I visited tarbela Dam during my SSG training in November 1991
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