Roseires Dam
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| Opened | 1966 |
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| Construction began | 1961 |
| Locations | Ad Damazin |
| Sudan | |
| Total capacity | 7. 4 km3 (5,999,278 acre⋅ft) |
| Installed capacity | 280 MW |
| Surface area | 2900071661 |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1271151 |
About Roseires Dam
The Roseires Dam is a dam on the Blue Nile at Ad Damazin, just upstream of the town of Er Roseires, in Sudan. It consists of a concrete buttress dam 1 km wide with a maximum height of 68m, and an earth dam on either side. The earth dam on the eastern bank is 4 km long, and that on the western bank is 8. 5 km long.
