Mosul Dam Lake

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Mosul Dam Lake is a large artificial reservoir in northern Iraq formed by the Mosul Dam on the Tigris River, serving as a major source of water storage, irrigation, and hydroelectric power for the region.

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Mosul Dam Lake canonical 1
Mosul Reservoir 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf reservoir
alsoKnownAs Lake Dahuk
Mosul Reservoir
linked to: Mosul Dam Lake
associatedWithRisk Mosul Dam structural instability
basinCountry Iraq
climateZone semi-arid
constructionStartOfDam 1980
continent Asia
country Iraq
createdByConstructionOf Mosul Dam
damCompleted 1986
formedBy Mosul Dam
formedInDecade 1980s
hasDam Mosul Dam
hasFunction regulating Tigris River flow
supporting agricultural development in northern Iraq
supporting regional electricity grid
locatedIn Middle East
Tigris River valley
northern Iraq
locatedInGovernorate Nineveh Governorate
locatedInRegion Upper Mesopotamia
locatedNear Mosul
locatedOnRiver Tigris River
linked to: Tigris
locatedUpstreamOf Mosul
nearCity Duhok
Zakho
partOfInfrastructure Iraq national power system
Iraq national water management system
partOfRiverSystem Tigris–Euphrates river system
primaryInflows Tigris River
linked to: Tigris
purpose flood control
hydroelectric power generation
irrigation
water storage
regionServed Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Nineveh Governorate
northern Iraq
usedFor agricultural irrigation
drinking water supply
fisheries
hydroelectric power
recreation
watercourse Tigris River
linked to: Tigris
waterSourceFor Tigris River irrigation schemes

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Kuyunjik nearbyFeature Mosul Dam Lake
Mosul Dam Lake alsoKnownAs Mosul Reservoir
linked to: Mosul Dam Lake