Dam of Fontaine des Gazelles
ONTAINE des Gazelles dam,
meters above the natural site. It is tted
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located some 20 kilometers to
with a surface ood water discharge at
the East of the city of Biskra
the right—hand shore, made up of a
was commissioned in 2000.
concrete threshold, a messenger and a
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basin.
The
ood
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With a capac1ty of 55 milhon cub1c
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discharge IS separated from the backll
meters,
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benec1ates
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by vertical sp111way Side walls 1n
contr1but10ns enabhng the 1rr1gat10n of
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re1nforced concrete.
the pla1n and the palm—trees of El
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Outaya.
The
drainage gallery in reinforced
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concrete was built in the central part. lt
Th1s dam made of earth With a basm of
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founded on permeable alluv1a left m
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660 square k110meters 13 one of the
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rst in its kind in an arid and hot area
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with an important evaporation rate in
Awatertightness wall built by injections
summer. But its role in the protection of
crosses
the alluvia layer in the dam’s
Biskra’s palm grove is incontestably a
central part.
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im ortant
asset
for
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The name “Fonta1ne des gazelles seems
development of the palm—tree farm1ng,
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romant1c and even fortu1tous, but this
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dam has allowed the protection of the
notor1ety IS no more to be ev1denced.
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pastoral life and all the fauna
This piéce of work is made of backll at
around
it,
particularly
the
major
core with alluvia reloads on a length of
migrants.
385 meters, a maximum height of 405
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