Dam of Oued Charef
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HREE sites were selected during the
The main destination of this dam remains the
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70s to build this dam: Foum El—Khanga,
irrigation of the farming perimeters of Souk El—
=:
El—Hachani and Cheniour. The choice
Bouaghi. Alarge hydro—agricultural infrastructure
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was
made on Foum El—Khange, later
is currently being built in order to increase the
called Oued Charef.
prot from the waters stored in the dam and that,
Oued Charef dam, located 20 kilometers from
for the time
being, can OI.).Ï
be used for farming
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cons1dermg the waters salm1ty degree.
Sedrata (Souk—ahras) on the territory of the Wilaya
(province) of Oum El—Bouaghi, was commissioned
For many years,
this water point has been
in 1995 to take in charge the contributions of the
developing more and more an area favorable for
wadi with the same name, that is the waters of the
vegetal and animal multiplication as the basin’s
old wadi (translation of “Charef )
relief is made up of high plains that can easily be
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fertilized as well as of seasonal pastures for
Its basin Of
1735 square
kilometers allows
livestock. In spite of the existence of salt marshes
average
inter-annual contribution of 33 million
far enough from ”the site, the inhabitants have
CUbIC meters.
recovered their trust in the protection of the
With a capacity of 160 million cubic meters, the
farming feature Of their land.
dam is Of
the earth dyke-typ e. The dam is
The dam has revived an entire region that had
characterized by a 60—meter high and 313—meter
almost been forgotten despite its history wealth
wide dy ke.
and relief.
It also includes a free threshold spillway with a
debit of 2253 cubic meters per
second as well as a
bottom discharge of 300 cubic meters per
second.
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