Cyprus
Limassol district
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Kouris Dam

Kouris Dam, Greek: Φράγμα Κούρη, is the largest dam of a network of 107 dams in . It is in the and is fed by the along with other smaller watercourses including the Diarizos River which has its water diverted to Kouris Dam via an underground pipeline.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: earth-fill dam on the Kouris River, Cyprus
  • Also known as: “Kouris dam”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Souni–Zanatzia and Alassa.

Village
Photo: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Souni–Zanakia is a community consisting of two villages, Souni and Zanatzia, in the of . Souni is located 8 km north of . is situated 3½ km west of Kouris Dam.

Village
Photo: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the of , north of the Kouris Dam, on the main road from to . Excavations at by Cypriot archaeologists in the early 1980s unearthed the ruins of a Bronze Age city. is situated 4 km north of Kouris Dam.

Village
is a and a municipal district of the Kourion Municipality, lying partly in the of and partly in the British Overseas Territory of . is situated 5 km south of Kouris Dam.

Kouris Dam

Latitude
34.72711° or 34° 43′ 38″ north
Longitude
32.91815° or 32° 55′ 5″ east
Elevation
240 metres (787 feet)
Open location code
8G6JPWG9+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 888027757
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
5658
Wiki­data ID
Q62511184
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Kouris Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد كوريس”
  • Cebuano: “Koúris (alihan sa tubig)”
  • Cebuano: “Koúris”
  • Chinese: “库里斯水坝”
  • French: “barrage de Koúri”
  • French: “Barrage de Koúri”
  • Greek: “Koúris”
  • Greek: “Κούρης”
  • Greek: “Φράγμα Κούρη”
  • Russian: “Дамба Курис”
  • Swedish: “Koúris (dammbyggnad)”
  • Swedish: “Koúris”

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Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kouris Dam”. Photo: Shell, CC BY-SA 2.0.