Hemrin Dam
| Hemrin Dam | |
|---|---|
 Upstream side of the dam | |
  Hemrin Dam Location within Iraq | |
| Official name | Hemrin Dam |
| Country | Iraq |
| Location | 100 km northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Diyala Governorate, Iraq |
| Coordinates | 34°06′52″N 44°58′04″E / 34.11444°N 44.96778°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1976 |
| Opening date | 1981 |
| Owner | Ministry of Water Resources |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | Diyala River |
| Height | 53 m (174 ft) |
| Length | 3,360 m (11,020 ft) |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Hemrin Reservoir |
| Total capacity | 2,040,000,000 m3 (1,650,000 acre⋅ft) |
| Power Station | |
| Commission date | 1981 |
| Installed capacity | 50 MW |
The Hemrin Dam is a dam on the Diyala River 100 km northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. The main purpose of the dam is flood control, irrigation and hydroelectric generation. Its power station has a 50 MW capacity. The dam and the attached power house were built in years 1976-1981 by the then Yugoslav company GIK Hidrogradnja (of Sarajevo, now Bosnia-Herzegovina). All the equipment (gates, turbines, generators) were also supplied by the then-Yugoslav companies.[1]
A large archaeological salvage operation was undertaken to excavate archaeological sites that were at risk of flooding once the reservoir (now Hamrin Lake) would start to fill. Sites that were excavated as part of this operation included Tell Madhur, Tell Suleimah, Tell Rashid, Tell Saadiya, Tell Yelkhi, and Tell Abada.[2] One member of the team was the former director of the Iraq Museum, Nawala Al-Mutawalli.[3]
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ "Energy and Hydroelectric Power". Iraq Ministry of Water Resources. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- ↑ Jasim, Sabah Abboud (1983). "Notes on the excavation at Tell Rashid, Iraq". Paléorient. 9 (1): 99–103. doi:10.3406/paleo.1983.4336.
- ↑ Al-Mutawalli, Nawala A.; López Varela, Sandra L. (2023), "The Story of Nawala A. Al-Mutawalli, a Woman Archaeologist from Iraq", in López Varela, Sandra L. (ed.), Women in Archaeology, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 401–411, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-27650-7_20, ISBN 978-3-031-27649-1, retrieved 2025-03-23
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