Al-Wehda Dam

The Al-Wehda Dam, formerly known as Maqarin Dam, is a 110 m roller-compacted concrete gravity dam on the Yarmouk River on the border between Syria and Jordan.
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  • Dam
  • …lies at an elevation of 38 metres (125 feet)
  • Description: dam in Syria
  • Also known as
    “Maqarin”
    “Maqarin Dam”
    “Mukaren Dam”
    “Sadd al Waḩdah”

Al-Wehda Dam

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Latitude
32.73424° or 32° 44′ 3″ north
Longitude
35.87141° or 35° 52′ 17″ east
Open location code
8G4QPVMC+MH
Geo­Names ID
167308
Wiki­data ID
Q2635974

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Al-Wehda Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد الوحدة”
  • Cebuano: “Maqārin”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الوحده”
  • French: “barrage d’Al-Wehda”
  • French: “Barrage d’Al-Wehda”
  • German: “Al Wehda”
  • German: “Al-Wahda-Damm”
  • Hebrew: “סכר אל-וחדה”
  • Italian: “diga di Al-Wehda”
  • Persian: “سد الوحده (سوریه)”
  • Persian: “سد الوحده”
  • Romanian: “Barajul Al-Wehda”
  • Spanish: “Presa de Al- Wehda”
  • Spanish: “Presa de Al-Wehda”
  • Swedish: “Maqārin”

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