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Dam of Zardazas
T is from the mounts of Constantine
about 345 square kilometers with a peak reaching
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1172 meters at the level of El—Hadjar — Es—Safra
waters. lt allows it breaking through
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foundation s land appeared to be suitable to bear
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million cubic meters. The height—of the concrete
the weight of a concrete dam. However, it was not
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weight dam, set up in ac curve, reached 72 meters _
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before the over—elevat10n. It includes three blocks
dam proper. It was dec1ded to build a Spillway
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at the left—hand Side shore, ve discharging passes
weight dam 1n concrete instead of dam 1n rocks
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and two blocks at the right hand Side shore.
that would have required a Spillway completely
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independent from the dam.
ln 1967, the dam’s‘capacity was reduced "0m 15
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million cubic meters to 9 million cubic meters
It was therefore pushed back downstream in order
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With 31 million cubic meters, a height of 74.60
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Located on the Saf
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Situated iii a beautiful alluwa farm1ng region,
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enabled to ensure supply1ng dr1nk1ng water to the
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Sklkda’- _zal dezas
dam ls well the best
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cities of Skikda and El—Harroucn, the irrigation of
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Saf—Saf perimeters and the protection of the city of
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dam s Site, the
basm lies on a sur
Skikda from ood waters.
sqii‘are kilometers whereas the average
altitude is
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