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Khanki Headworks

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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Khanki Headworks is a headworks situated on the River Chenab in Wazirabad District, Gujrat Division of the Punjab province of Pakistan. With its construction completed in 1889, it is one of the oldest headworks in Pakistan. Khanki Headworks is also used to divert water to the Lower Chenab Canal, which originates from Khanki Headworks. Khanki controls water distribution over 3 million acres (12, 000 km2) of agricultural lands by one main distributary, the Lower Chenab Canal, and 59 minor distributaries.

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

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