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Bin el Ouidane Dam

The 59th tallest dam in the world

133 m · 436 ft

The Bin el Ouidane Dam is an arch dam located 28 kilometres (17 mi) south of Beni Mellal on the El-Abid River in Azilal Province, Morocco. Designed by Coyne et Bellier and constructed between 1949 and 1953, the purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and irrigation. Its 135 MW (181, 000 hp) power station produces an average of 287 gigawatt-hours (1, 030 TJ) annually and water from the reservoir helps irrigate 69,500 hectares (172, 000 acres) in the Beni Moussa and Tadla plains.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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