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Chafrou Dam

Thematic Area
Sustainable Development and International Cooperation
Water, energy and Food
Location
Mornaguia, Tunisia
Application Areas
Water Resources
Agriculture
Scope
Local or Regional Administration

Entity

Description

Reservoir with storage volume of 14.0 hm3, for the flood defense of vast agricultural area

Dam: hard landfill, with a profile intermediate between an embankment dam and a concrete gravity dam

Landfill volume: 0.17 hm3

Maximum height of dam: 15 m

Development and crown width: 270 m and 3 m.

Flood spillway: consisting of a sill unloader on the body of the dam, using a basin of energy dissipation downstream with a length of 25 m (QDIM = 1364 m3/s