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Yacoub el Mansour Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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The Yacoub el Mansour Dam (Barrage Yacoub el Mansour) is a BCR (bulked concrete rubble) dam located at Ouirgane on the N'fis River in Al Haouz Province, Morocco. Completed in 2008, the dam is intended to improve the supply of drinking and industrial water to the Marrakech area.

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

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