Euphrates Dam
The Euphrates Dam, most commonly known as Tabqa Dam; formerly known as al-Thawra Dam during the Ba'athist era, is an embankment dam on the Euphrates, located 40 kilometres upstream from the city of Raqqa in Raqqa Governorate, Syria.
NASA, Public domain.- Dam
- …lies at an elevation of around 280 metres (910 feet)
- Description: dam in Syria
- Also known as“Al Furat dam”“al-Thawra Dam”“Sadd al Furat”“Tabqa Dam”“سد الثورة”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tabqa.
Euphrates Dam
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Latitude
35.87432° or 35° 52′ 28″ north
Longitude
38.56649° or 38° 33′ 59″ east
Open location code
8G7WVHF8+PH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway = dam
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Euphrates Dam” goes by many names.
سد الطبقةArabic
سد الفراتArabic
Ալ-Տաբկայի ամբարտակArmenian
Էտ-ՏաբկաArmenian
Presa de TabqaCatalan
Resclosa de TabqaCatalan
Sadd al FurātCebuano
塔布卡水壩Chinese
přehrada TabkaCzech
TabqadamDutch
سد الطبقهEgyptian Arabic
סכר טבקהHebrew
Forradalom-gátHungarian
Tabqa-gátHungarian
Bendungan TabqaIndonesian
Diga di TabqaItalian
アッサウラダムJapanese
タブカ・ダムJapanese
타브카댐Korean
Bendava FiratêKurdish
Tabaqah-demningenNorwegian
Tabaqah-demningenNorwegian Bokmål
سد طبقهPersian
Zapora At-TabakaPolish
Barajul TabqaRomanian
Плотина ТабкаRussian
ТабкаRussian
jez TabkaSlovenian
Sadd al FurātSwedish
Tabka BarajıTurkish
Tebke BarajıTurkish
Гребля ТабкаUkrainian
Đập TabqaVietnamese
Եփրատ ամբարտակWestern Armenian
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