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Chertioua Dam

Thematic Area
Sustainable Development and International Cooperation
Water, energy and Food
Location
Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria
Application Areas
Water Resources
Agriculture
Scope
Local or Regional Administration

Entity

Description

The dam Chertioua, located on the river with the same name, has a reservoir with a storage volume of 10.4 hm3and is intended to supply an agricultural zone.

Type of dam: zoned embankment with clay core;

Landfill volume: 1.2 hm3;

Maximum height of dam: 45 m;

Development and crown width: 482 m and 10 m;

Flood spillway: in front with the free surface and 40 m profile Creoger development, channel 224 m refund with power dissipation basin damping (QDIM = 520m3/s).