dam arabic named arabic literally dam revolution earth fill dam located kilometres upstream city syria dam metres high kilometres long largest dam syria construction led creation lake syria largest water reservoir dam constructed help soviet_union time international effort document archaeological remains possible area future lake flooded rising water flow reduced fill lake dam dispute broke syria iraq settled intervention saudi_arabia soviet_union dam originally built generate hydroelectric power lands sides dam reached potential objectives project history syria french mandate proposed build dam near turkish border syria independent feasibility proposal investigated plan carried syrian government reached agreement soviet_union technical financial aid construction dam syria signed agreement west_germany loan finance construction dam syria left new agreement financing dam reached soviet_union special government department created oversee construction dam originally dam conceived dual purpose dam dam include hydroelectric power station turbines capable producing total area hectares sides construction dam lasted accompanying power station finished total cost dam million million form loan soviet_union soviet_union provided technical expertise construction thousand russian technicians worked dam housed greatly expanded town near construction site subsequently renamed facilitate project construction irrigation works national railway system extended dam eventually thousand arab families living flooded parts northern syria partially implemented plan establish arab belt borders turkey iraq order separate living syria living turkey iraq dispute iraq syria started fill lake dam reducing flow slightly earlier turkey started filling reservoir newly constructed time area hit significant drought result iraq received significantly water normal complained annual flow dropped cubic kilometres cubic kilometres iraq asked intervene syria argued received water turkey refused cooperate result tensions rose iraq syria sent troops shared border iraq threatened bomb dispute agreement reached saudi_arabia soviet_union syria immediately increased flow dam reportedly henceforth agreed let percent water flow iraq turkey syria iraq signed agreement turkey committed maintain average flow cubic metres second syria translates cubic kilometres water year rescue excavations lake region upper syrian valley occupied late period early twentieth century european travellers noted presence numerous archaeological sites area flooded new reservoir order preserve document remains possible extensive archaeological rescue programme initiated sites excavated archaeological sites remains located help aerial photographs ground survey carried determine periods present site foreign archaeological missions carried systematic excavations sites united_states tell belgium germany netherlands france help measured protective built castle bar castle located flooded lake turn island castle connected shore causeway support syria appealed international community participate efforts salvage archaeological remains possible area disappear rising water lake stimulate foreign participation syrian law modified foreign missions right claim artefacts found excavation result numerous excavations carried area syrian foreign missions syrian archaeologists worked sites tell tell bar tell missions united_states tell din france italy tell netherlands tell switzerland tell great_britain tell japan tell addition moved higher locations bar reinforced restored finds excavations display special permanent exhibition devoted finds lake region dams syrian valley completion syria built dams related dam located kilometres downstream completed functions control manage irregular output hydroelectric power station dam functions primarily hydroelectric power station constructed kilometres south turkish border filling reservoir started construction partly motivated disappointing performance implementation fourth dam dam recently initiated appeal archaeologists sites flooded new reservoir recent history human rights reported february dam captured syrian opposition fight government village near dam occupied brigade dam turbines operational original staff continues manage dam workers dam receive pay fighting area temporary cease repairs needed characteristics dam reservoir dam located spot rocky kilometres apart dam earth fill dam kilometres long metres high metres sea level metres wide base metres hydroelectric power station located southern end dam contains turbines turbines rotation speed rpm potentially generate lake kilometres long average kilometres wide reservoir potentially hold cubic kilometres water size surface area square kilometres annual cubic kilometres high average summer temperature northern syria high compared upstream lake example cubic kilometres year roughly surface area dam lake currently economic potential lake potentially hold cubic kilometres actual capacity cubic kilometres surface area square kilometres proposed irrigation scheme suffered number problems including high content reclaimed soils lake soil collapse canals distributed water lake farmers reclaimed areas result hectares lake surface risen hectares percent projected hectares lower expected water flow turkey lack maintenance dam generates instead important source drinking water providing city pipeline cubic kilometres drinking water year lake supports fishing industry environmental effects research indicates water iraq increased considerably nearly simultaneous construction turkey syria increase things related lower discharge result construction dams gap turkey lesser degree syria high water useful domestic irrigation purposes shore lake developed important area southeastern shore areas trees including pine important location migratory birds government recently undertaken measures protect small areas shores lake hunters access roads island designated nature reserve
Tabqa Dam