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Harbaqa Dam
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Harbaqa Dam |
| سد خربقة | |
| dam_type | G |
| dam_crosses | Wadi Barada |
| purpose | Water storage, flood control |
| country | Syria |
| location | Syrian Desert |
| dam_length | 245 m |
| dam_height | 20 m |
| dam_width_base | 18 m |
| dam_width_crest | 6 m |
| res_capacity_total | 5000000 m3 |
| res_max_width | 800 m |
| res_max_length | 1500 m |
| location_map | Syria |
| location_map_caption | Location in Syria |
| coordinates |
سد خربقة
The Harbaqa Dam or Kharbaqa Dam () was a Roman era Palmyrene gravity dam in the Syrian Desert about 70 km southwest from Palmyra on the road to Damascus. The dam, built of rubble, concrete, and dressed with ashlar stones, dates to the first or second century AD. The dam later was used as a water supply for the Umayyad palace of Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi.
Overview
The dam was built in the first/second-century AD by Palmyra. It was restored and used again by the Umayyads in the eighth century for irrigation purposes. It served as a major water supply for the nearby Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi, to which it was connected by a canal. The remains of the dam are well-preserved for lack of quarrying from nearby settlements.
The dam was built out of a concrete core faced on both air and water face with ashlar stones. The wall is around 18 m wide at the base, 20 m high and stretches for 245 m in length. The former reservoir, now filled with silt, had a capacity of 5000000 m3 and measured up to 1500 m in length and 800 m in width.
The dam was first surveyed in 1934 by Antoine Poidebard. A more detailed survey and excavation was conducted by a French archaeological team led by Daniel Schlumberger in 1938.
References
Bibliography
References
- The dam collected the seasonal floods of [[Wadi Barada
- Gerster; Trümpler, 2007, p. 364.
- Calvet; Geyer, 1992, p. 80.
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