Lake Qadisiyah

A man-made in Al-Anbar, , Lake Qadisiyah sits on the north side of the . Qadisiyah was formed by the damming of the river above , Iraq.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
  • Type: Lake
  • Description: reservoir in Iraq
  • Also known as: Buḩayrat al Qādisīyah”, “Buhayrat Hadithah”, “Buḩayrat Ḩadīthah”, “Lake of al-Qadesiaya Dam”, and “Qadisiyah Reservoir

Lake Qadisiyah

Latitude
34.30685° or 34° 18′ 25″ north
Longitude
42.27985° or 42° 16′ 48″ east
Elevation
138 metres (453 feet)
Open location code
8H64874H+PW
Geo­Names ID
92695
Wiki­data ID
Q4117238
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Qadisiyah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بحيرة القادسية
  • Arabic: بحيرة حديثة
  • Arabic: بحيرة سد القادسية
  • Cebuano: Buḩayrat Sadd al Qādisīyah
  • Chinese: 加迪西耶湖
  • Chuvash: Кадисия
  • Italian: lago Qadisiyah
  • Japanese: カーディシーヤ湖
  • Luxembourgish: Qadisiyah-Stauséi
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Qadisiyahsjøen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Qadisiyahsjøen
  • Persian: دریاچه سد حدیثه
  • Persian: دریاچه قادسیه
  • Russian: Кадисия
  • Spanish: Lago Qadisiyah
  • Uzbek: Qadisiya koʻli
  • Welsh: Llyn Qadisiyah

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