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Jawa, Jordan. Jawa is the site of the oldest proto-urban development in Jordan, dating from the late 4th millennium BC (Early Bronze Age). It is located in one of the driest areas of the Black Desert (Harrat al-Shamah) of Eastern Jordan. [1] Remains of dams have been found, the largest of which is a masonry gravity dam and the oldest known dam ...
Even though it is nearer to Trichy,the dam is located in Thanjavur district, [1] [2] 15 km from Tiruchirapalli and 45 km from Thanjavur. [3] [4] [5] It is the fourth oldest water-diversion or water-regulator structure in the world and the oldest in India that is still in use.
The dam is an early arch dam and was the first arch dam constructed by the Mongolians, around 1300 AD. [2] It is the oldest surviving arch dam. [3] The dam is 26m tall and 55m wide and was constructed for irrigation water supply. [4] It was originally 24m tall but 2m of height was added in either the beginning or middle of the 17th century. [5]
Oahe Dam [2] United States: 1963 70.3 75 29 786 TE/ER 6 Mangla Dam Pakistan: 1967 65.4 147 7.25 1,000 TE or TE/ER 7 Gardiner Dam [6] Canada: 1967 65.4 64 9.4 186 TE 8 Oroville Dam United States: 1968 59.6 230 4.36 819 TE/ER 9 San Luis Dam (BF Sisk Dam) United States: 1967 59.6 93 2.52 424 TE 10 Nurek Dam Tajikistan: 1980 54 300 10.5 3,200 TE 11 ...
Inga Dam in DR Congo. Aswan Dam in Egypt. Akosombo Dam in Ghana. Katse Dam in Lesotho. Bin el Ouidane Dam in Morocco. Gariep Dam in South Africa. Owen Falls Dam in Uganda. Osborne Dam in Zimbabwe.
Jawa Dam may refer to: Jawa Dam, Jordan, the oldest known dam in the world; Jawa Dam, Pakistan, located near Rawalpindi This page was last edited on 28 ...
Shāh Abbās Arch (Persian: طاق شاه عباس), also known as Kurit Dam, is the thinnest arch dam in the world and one of the oldest arch dams in Asia. It was constructed some 700 years ago in Tabas county, South Khorasan Province, Iran. It stands 60 meters tall, and in crest is a one meter width.
Zipingpu Dam North of Dujiangyan. The Dujiangyan irrigation system was built at the entrance of Minjiang River, with an average annual inflow of 15.082 billion cubic meters. There are two hydrological stations in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River. One is the Zipingpu Dam at the mouth of the main stream. The water catchment area of the ...