Al-Rastan Dam | |
Location Map: | Syria |
Coordinates: | 34.9384°N 36.7343°W |
Country: | Syria |
Location: | Al-Rastan, Homs Governorate |
Purpose: | Irrigation |
Status: | O |
Opening: | around 1975 |
Dam Height: | 67m (220feet) |
Dam Crosses: | Orontes River |
Res Capacity Total: | 228000000m2 |
Res Surface: | 21km2 |
Al-Rastan Dam is an embankment dam on the Orontes River in the city of Al-Rastan, Homs Governorate, Syria. It was completed around 1975 with the primary purpose of water storage for irrigation.[1] It was constructed by the Bulgarian firm Hydrostroy along with the Mouhardeh Dam, which is downstream and also on the Orontes.[2]