Abha dam is located on the western edge of the city of Abha in southern Saudi Arabia. The aim of the creation of this dam to reserve rainwater and floods in the Valley of Abha to maintain and provide drinking water for the city of Abha and the inhabitants of the Valley. Create a concrete dam with a length of 350 meters (35 each block length of 14 m). And a height of 33 meters. And great storage capacity 2, 13 million cubic meters when sea levels rise and final storage capacity of 2200 meters above sea level with a side length of spillway 131 yards. The dam contains the tunnel monitoring along the dam. And entering the water from the reservoir to the nomination room located in front of the five main blocks of the dam. There is a tower to pull within one of these blocks and withdraw water from the tower to open room for the treatment plant which has been built on the dam to provide safe drinking water.
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