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211:, Limnatis and Kryos. Furthermore, water from Diarizos River is diverted to Kouris Dam via a 14.5 kilometres (9 mi) long connecting tunnel. It has an overall catchment area of 300 kilometres (190 mi). The dam is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of the city of
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had to be relocated to a nearby site overlooking the reservoir (between the Kouris and
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completed the detailed design in 1981. The contract for its construction was awarded in
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Since its construction it has overflowed three times: on March 4, 2004, on April 6, 2012, and on
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and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west of the village of
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671:"Cyprus officials search for mystery 'monster'"
704:Buildings and structures in Limassol District
297:Ruined Church of Ayios Nikolas in Kouris Dam
219:. For its construction the whole village of
537:Largest dam overflows for the first time (
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339:Psyllides, George (August 14, 2007).
321:List of reservoirs and dams in Cyprus
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673:. Famagusta Gazette. Archived from
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250:European Investment Bank
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98:Construction began
699:Dams completed in 1988
347:. The Associated Press
164:Current storage level
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82:34.72778°N 32.91806°E
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615:"Kouris overflows"
582:Kouris overflows (
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263:In popular culture
228:Limassol Salt Lake
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625:on 5 January 2013
436:"A dam good idea"
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197:Kouris River
181:Φράγμα Κούρη
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130:River Kouris
101:Sept 1, 1984
584:Cyprus Mail
554:January 20,
539:Cyprus Mail
441:Cyprus Mail
114:Operator(s)
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61:Coordinates
688:Categories
651:CyprusMail
495:2007-01-20
452:2007-01-26
421:2007-01-26
351:2007-08-20
327:References
245:of Italy.
173:Kouris Dam
70:34°43′40″N
22:Kouris Dam
243:Impregilo
143:Reservoir
73:32°55′5″E
599:April 8,
564:cite web
523:Archived
469:Archived
315:See also
213:Limassol
127:Impounds
47:Location
382:Bibcode
272:Gallery
239:J&P
235:Sogreah
217:Ypsonas
203:History
629:22 May
415:(.doc)
221:Alassa
209:Kouris
189:Cyprus
159:3.6 km
135:Height
55:Cyprus
370:(PDF)
177:Greek
138:110 m
631:2022
601:2012
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109:1988
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