Mohamed V Dam

Mohamed V Dam
Location of Mohamed V Dam
Official name	Barrage Mohamed V
Country	Morocco
Location	Zaio
Coordinates	34°39′47″N 02°56′18″W / 34.66306°N 2.93833°W / 34.66306; -2.93833Coordinates: 34°39′47″N 02°56′18″W / 34.66306°N 2.93833°W / 34.66306; -2.93833
Status	Operational
Opening date	1967
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Arch-gravity
Height	64 m (210 ft)
Length	280 m (919 ft)
Volume	250,000 m3 (326,988 cu yd)
Impounds	Moulouya River
Reservoir
Capacity	730,000,000 m3 (591,821 acre·ft)
Active capacity	690,000,000 m3 (559,392 acre·ft)
Catchment area	49,920 km2 (19,274 sq mi)[1]
Power station
Commission date	1967
Hydraulic head	48 m (157 ft)
Turbines	1 x 23 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity	23 MW[2]

The Mohamed V Dam is an arch-gravity dam located 35 km (22 mi) south of Zaio on the Moulouya River in Oujda-Angad Province, Morocco. The primary purpose of the dam is supplying water for the irrigation of 70,000 ha (172,974 acres) downstream. Water is also used for hydroelectric power production and water supply to the city of Nador. The dam is named after Mohammed V of Morocco.^[3] The dam's reservoir and wetlands were designated as a Ramsar site in 2005.^[4]

See also

• Al Massira Dam – another Ramsar site in Morocco

References

1. ^ Erosion and sediment yield : global and regional perspectives ; proceedings of an international symposium held at Exeter, UK, from 15 to 19 July 1996. Wallingford: IAHS Press. 1996. pp. 493. ISBN 0947571892. http://books.google.com/books?id=bZ-ufVQV5yAC&pg=PA492&lpg=PA492&dq=Mohammed+V+dam+morocco+kw&source=bl&ots=u-LiFZzC_V&sig=sFFZm2MGKErhzxdb-FrSpg_AWp4&hl=en&ei=y-pSTrL5Es2imQXZ-73RBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&. 
2. ^ "Mohamed V Hydroelectric Power Project Morocco". Global Energy Observatory. http://globalenergyobservatory.org/form.php?pid=41614. Retrieved 23 August 2011. 
3. ^ "Mohamed V" (in French). Secretariat D'etat Charge de L'eau et de L'environnement. http://www.water.gov.ma/index.cfm?gen=true&ID=80&ID_PAGE=217. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 
4. ^ "Morocco names 20 varied new Ramsar sites". The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. 26 June 2005. http://www.ramsar.org/cda/ramsar/display/main/main.jsp?zn=ramsar&cp=1-26-76^16152_4000_0__. Retrieved 23 August 2011.