Iraq
Nineveh
Tel Afar District

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 .
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  • Type: Industry
  • Description: dam in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Chambarakat Dam”, “Saddam Dam”, and “سد صدام”

Mosul Dam

Latitude
36.62573° or 36° 37′ 33″ north
Longitude
42.82218° or 42° 49′ 20″ east
Open location code
8H84JRGC+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 302691471
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q606561
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mosul Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد أسكي موصل”
  • Arabic: “سد الموصل”
  • Catalan: “presa de Mossul”
  • Catalan: “pressa de Sadam”
  • Cebuano: “Sadd Şaddām”
  • Central Kurdish: “بەنداوی مووسڵ”
  • Chinese: “摩苏尔大坝”
  • Chinese: “摩蘇爾水壩”
  • Czech: “Mosulská přehrada”
  • Czech: “Saddámova 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”
  • 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”
  • Turkish: “Saddam Barajı”
  • Ukrainian: “Мосульська гребля”
  • Urdu: “موصل ڈیم”
  • Uzbek: “Mosul to‘g‘oni”
  • Western Panjabi: “موصل ڈیم”

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