Qargha Dam

Qargha Dam
Qargha Dam
	The intake tower in 2007
	Location of Qargha Dam in Afghanistan
Country	Afghanistan
Location	Qargha, Kabul Province
Coordinates	34°33′11″N 69°02′04″E / 34.55294°N 69.03442°E
Purpose	Irrigation
Status	Operational
Construction began	1930s
Owner(s)	Ministry of Energy and Water
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment
Impounds	Paghman River
Height	30 m (98 ft)
Length	1.68 km (1.04 mi)
Elevation at crest	1,973 m (6,473 ft)
Width (crest)	600 m (2,000 ft)
Width (base)	87 ha (210 acres)
Dam volume	5,000 ha (12,000 acres)
Reservoir
Total capacity	12,000,000 m3 (420,000,000 cu ft)

Qargha Dam (Dari: بند قرغه; Pashto: د قرغې بند) is located in the town of Qargha, about 10 mi (16 km) west from the Shahr-e Naw neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan. It is an embankment dam built on the Paghman River, with a side channel spillway under the road running on top of the dam. Its reservoir can hold up to 12,000,000 m³ (420,000,000 cu ft) of water, which is used for irrigation purposes. The dam is named after the town.

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