Baath Dam
| Baath Dam | |
|---|---|
 Baath Dam (right), Tabqa Dam (centre), and Lake Assad (left) from space, June 1996. North is in the upper left corner of the image. | |
  Location of Baath Dam in Syria | |
| Official name | سد البعث |
| Location | Ar-Raqqah Governorate, Syria, captured by ISIL during Syrian Civil War |
| Coordinates | 35°53′07″N 38°44′50″E / 35.88528°N 38.74722°ECoordinates: 35°53′07″N 38°44′50″E / 35.88528°N 38.74722°E |
| Construction began | 1983 |
| Opening date | 1986 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | Euphrates |
| Height | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Baath Dam Reservoir |
| Total capacity | 0.09 km3 (0.02 cu mi) |
| Power station | |
| Installed capacity | 81 MW |
The Baath Dam (Arabic: سد البعث, literally dam of the renaissance) is a dam on the Euphrates, located 22 kilometres (14 mi) upstream from the city of Ar-Raqqah in Ar-Raqqah Governorate, Syria. Construction of the dam started in 1983 and was finished in 1986. It is intended to generate hydroelectric power as well as regulate the irregular flow from the Tabqa Dam, which is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) upstream from the Baath Dam. These irregularities in the flow from the Tabqa Dam are caused by changes in the electricity demand.[1] The Baath Dam is 14 metres (46 ft) high and the installed water turbines can generate 81 MW. The storage capacity of the Baath Dam Reservoir is 0.09 cubic kilometres (0.022 cu mi).[2]
The Baath Dam is one of three dams in the Syrian Euphrates, the other two being the Tabqa Dam, and the Tishrin Dam 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of the Syro-Turkish border. Like the Baath Dam, the Tishrin Dam is also functionally related to the Tabqa Dam. Construction of the Tishrin Dam was partly motivated by the disappointing performance of the hydroelectric power station in the Tabqa Dam.[3] Syria now plans to construct a fourth dam – the Halabiye Dam – in the Euphrates, downstream from the Baath Dam.[4]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Shapland 1997, pp. 110–111
- ↑ Kliot 1994, p. 138
- ↑ Collelo 1987
- ↑ Jamous 2009
References
- Collelo, Thomas (1987), Syria: A Country Study, Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, OCLC 44250830
- Jamous, Bassam (2009), "Nouveaux aménagements hydrauliques sur le Moyen Euphrate syrienne. Appel à projets archéologiques d'urgence" (PDF), http://studiaorontica.org/ (in French), DGAM, retrieved 14 December 2009 External link in
|work=(help) - Kliot, Nurit (1994), Water Resources and Conflict in the Middle East, Milton Park: Routledge, ISBN 0-415-09752-5
- Shapland, Greg (1997), Rivers of discord: international water disputes in the Middle East, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 978-0-312-16522-2
