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It was completed in 1956 by the German company Züblin. Designs were completed by the
British firm Voganlei and Coode. The power station was commissioned in 1972. The Samarra Barrage portion of the structure has 17 gates capable of passing 7,000 m/s (247,203 cu ft/s) of water to the
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398:Iraq portal
369:27 February
347:27 February
322:27 February
243:سد سامَرّاء
216:Kaplan-type
129:Operator(s)
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84:Coordinates
22:Samarra Dam
803:Categories
631:Little Zab
517:Diyarbakır
493:(1,377 km)
465:The Tigris
292:References
269:power and
96:43°51′02″E
93:34°11′45″N
626:Great Zab
552:Kadhimiya
527:Hasankeyf
472:Countries
275:Mosul Dam
170:Reservoir
481:(523 km)
207:Turbines
144:Impounds
65:Location
819:Samarra
783:Samarra
731:on the
682:Samarra
636:'Adhaim
557:Baghdad
547:Samarra
487:(40 km)
255:Samarra
249:on the
247:barrage
211:3 x 28
70:Samarra
778:Badush
733:Tigris
677:Badush
641:Diyala
606:Garzan
602:Batman
572:Kemune
567:Al-Kūt
562:Amarah
542:Tikrit
522:Bismil
510:Cities
479:Turkey
239:Arabic
773:Mosul
761:Cizre
756:Ilısu
751:Dicle
672:Mosul
667:Cizre
662:Ilısu
657:Dicle
616:Botan
612:Savur
609:Göksu
598:Hazro
595:Pamuk
589:Ambar
537:Mosul
532:Cizre
485:Syria
341:(PDF)
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227:84 MW
729:Dams
650:Dams
592:Kuru
491:Iraq
371:2012
349:2012
324:2012
233:The
197:Type
191:1972
124:1956
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