Mohamed V Dam

The Mohamed V Dam is an arch-gravity dam located 35 kilometres south of on the in , Morocco. The primary purpose of the dam is supplying water for the irrigation of 70,000 hectares downstream.
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Photo: محمد اكحيحل, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Morocco
  • Also known as: “Barrage Mohamed V سد محمد الخامس”, “Mechra Klila”, and “Mohamed V”

Mohamed V Dam

Latitude
34.66333° or 34° 39′ 48″ north
Longitude
-2.93785° or 2° 56′ 16″ west
Elevation
206 metres (676 feet)
Height
64 metres (210 feet)
Named after
Mohammed V of Morocco
Open location code
8C6VM376+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 504108025
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
2542043
Wiki­data ID
Q2884977
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Mohamed V Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد محمد الخامس”
  • Cebuano: “Barrage Mohammed V”
  • French: “barrage Mohamed V”
  • French: “Barrage Mohamed V”
  • French: “Barrage Mohammed V”
  • Italian: “diga di Mohamed V”
  • Latvian: “Mohameda V aizsprosts”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “باراج محمد لخامس”
  • Persian: “سد محمد پنجم”
  • Spanish: “Embalse de Mohamed V”
  • Swedish: “Barrage Mohammed V”

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