Mohamed V Dam
The Mohamed V Dam is an arch-gravity dam located 35 kilometres south of Zaio on the Moulouya River in Oujda-Angad Province, Morocco. The primary purpose of the dam is supplying water for the irrigation of 70,000 hectares downstream.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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
- Location: Taourirt Province, Oriental, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
34.66333° or 34° 39′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.93785° or 2° 56′ 16″ westElevation
206 metres (676 feet)Height
64 metres (210 feet)Named after
Mohammed V of MoroccoOpen location code
8C6VM376+8VOpenStreetMap ID
way 504108025OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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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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