Mosul Dam

Mosul Dam, formerly known as Saddam Dam, is the largest dam in . It is located on the river in the western governorate of , upstream of the city of .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Chambarakat Dam”, “pressa de Sadam”, “Sadd al Mawsil”, “Sadd al Mawşil”, “Sadd Mawşil”, “Saddam Barajı”, “Saddam Dam”, “Saddámova přehrada”, “سد أسكي موصل”, “モスル・ダム”, and “摩苏尔大坝”

Mosul Dam

Latitude
36.62991° or 36° 37′ 48″ north
Longitude
42.82377° or 42° 49′ 26″ east
Elevation
328 metres (1,076 feet)
Open location code
8H84JRHF+XG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1212394743
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
7046693
Wiki­data ID
Q606561
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mosul Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد الموصل”
  • Arabic: “سد صدام”
  • Arabic: “سد موصل”
  • Catalan: “presa de Mossul”
  • Cebuano: “Sadd Şaddām”
  • Central Kurdish: “بەنداوی مووسڵ”
  • Chinese: “摩蘇爾水壩”
  • Czech: “Mosulská přehrada”
  • Danish: “Mosul-dæmningen”
  • Dutch: “Mosoeldam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد الموصل”
  • French: “barrage de Mossoul”
  • French: “Barrage de Mossoul”
  • German: “Mosul-Talsperre”
  • Hebrew: “סכר מוסול”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Mosul”
  • Italian: “diga di Mosul”
  • Italian: “Diga di Mosul”
  • Japanese: “モスルダム”
  • Kurdish: “Bendava Mûsilê”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mosuldemningen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mosuldemninga”
  • Norwegian: “Mosuldemningen”
  • Persian: “سد موصل”
  • Spanish: “Presa de Mosul”
  • Swedish: “Mosuldammen”
  • Swedish: “Sadd Şaddām”
  • Turkish: “Musul Barajı”
  • Ukrainian: “Мосульська гребля”
  • Urdu: “موصل ڈیم”
  • Uzbek: “Mosul to‘g‘oni”
  • Western Panjabi: “موصل ڈیم”

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