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Helmand Basin: Helmand River, Kajaki Dam, Sistan Basin, Arghandab River, Hamun-E Helmand, Helmand Valley Authority, Tarnak River

Helmand Basin: Helmand River, Kajaki Dam, Sistan Basin, Arghandab River, Hamun-E Helmand, Helmand Valley Authority, Tarnak River


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Kajakai Dam is one of the two major hydroelectric power dams of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, located on the Helmand River. It is located 100 miles (161 km) north-west of Kandahar City. It has a dual function, to provide electricity and to irrigate some 650,000 acres (1800 km) of an otherwise arid land. Water discharging from the dam traverses some 300 miles (500 km) of downstream irrigation canals feeding farmland. It currently produces 33 megawatts of electricity. It is 320 feet (100 m) high and 887 feet (270 m) long, with a storage capacity of 973,000 acre-feet (1.2 km) of water. The dam is the main watershed for the Sistan Basin. The dam was built in 1953, by the Morrison-Knudsen firm as part of the Helmand Valley Authority. When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, the contractors left. They intended to raise the dam by 2 meters in order to increase the available water for power production and irrigation. They were also cutting in an emergency spillway, which was never completed. Gates were also never installed in the service spillway so the dam passes all water in the reservoir above elevation 1033.5 meters. Under an accord signed between Iran and Afghanistan in 1972, Afghanistan is obliged to release at least 910 cubic feet (26 m) of water a second. Taliban briefly stopped the flow of water to Iran when the latter threatened to attack in retaliation for the killing of Iranians who were claimed to be diplomats in Mazari Sharif when the Taliban retook the city from the Northern Alliance the second time. During that time Helmand valley was going through a five year drought. As a result, Iran's famous Hamoun lake dried up as did other regional pastures, leading to the death of flora, fauna, cattle and birds in the Sistan an... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5760155


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157849230
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 28
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 54 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157849237
  • Publisher Date: 10 Jun 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Helmand River, Kajaki Dam, Sistan Basin, Arghandab River, Hamun-E Helmand, Helmand Valley Authority, Tarnak River
  • Width: 229 mm


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