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hindyia barrage [6fff6ac2]

Tags: irrigation in iraq

  • 32°42'46.00"N
  • 44°16'1.00"E

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  • Constructed by Willcocks in 1911, finished in 1913

  • Constructed because the Euphrates splits into two channels south of Musayyib

    • Two braches, the Hilla and the Hindiya branch

    • Closing of the salqawia canal diverted more water down the Euphrates

      • The lower-lying Hindiya branch took more water and started to slit up the Hilla branch
      • Old, previously constructed barrage was not sufficient

  • Identified two terminal lakes for euphrates:

    • Lake Milh/بحيرة ملح‎/Lake Razzaz/Lake Abu Dilis
    • Lake Habbaniya
  • Proposed to remove old Hindiya barrage after completion of the new, although Arabs objected to it as they had used the old barrage as a bridge

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