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Lake Dukan

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The surface area of the lake is 270 square kilometres (100 sq mi). At normal operation, the capacity of the reservoir is 6.8 cubic kilometres (1.6 cu mi) while its maximum capacity is 8.3 cubic kilometres (2.0 cu mi). At that capacity, the surface elevation is 515 metres
298:. The excavations at Tell Bazmusian revealed a temple dating to the second millennium BCE. At Tell Shemshara, an early-sixth millennium BCE village was excavated, as well as an early-second millennium BCE palace with a small archive of 518:
Iraqi Ministries of Environment, Water Resources and Municipalities and Public Works (2006). "Annex III: Main water control structures (dams and water diversions) and reservoirs".
306:(1,690 ft) above sea-level. In order to operate the power station, the surface elevation must be between 469 and 511 metres (1,539 and 1,677 ft). The 282:. Prior to the flooding of Lake Dukan, the area was subjected to archaeological research to investigate as many archaeological sites as possible. An 566: 302:. The inhabitants of some 50 villages in the flooded area, around 1,000–1,200 families, were resettled to the west of the lake. 290:
with evidence for occupation ranging from the sixth millennium BCE up to the present. Five of these sites were then excavated:
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Al-Soof, Behnam Abu (1970). "Mounds in the Rania Plain and excavations at Tell Bazmusian (1956)".
274:. The Dukan Dam was built between 1954 and 1959 as a multi-purpose dam to provide water storage, 561: 173: 147: 8: 287: 500: 159: 520:
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Fink, A.K.; Ostrizhnov, I.D. (1984). "Dokan hydroelectric station in Iraq".
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of the Dukan Dam is 11,700 square kilometres (4,500 sq mi).
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Dukan Lake
Arabic

Location of Lake Dukan in Iraq.
Sulaymaniyah Governorate
36°08′N 44°55′E / 36.133°N 44.917°E / 36.133; 44.917
Type
Reservoir
Primary inflows
Little Zab
Primary outflows
Little Zab
Catchment area
Basin
Iran
Iraq
Arabic
lake
Kurdistan Region
Ranya
reservoir
Little Zab
Dukan Dam
irrigation
hydroelectricity
archaeological survey
archaeological sites
Tell Bazmusian
Tell Shemshara
clay tablets

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