The Dohuk Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Dohuk River just north of Dohuk in Dahuk Governorate Iraq. The dam was completed in 1988 with the primary purpose of providing water for irrigation. It is 60 m (197 ft) tall and can withhold 52000000 m3 (42157 acre·ft) of water. The dam has a bell-mouth spillway with a maximum discharge of 81 m3/s (2860 cu ft/s).
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