Tarbela Dam

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/tarbela-dam

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1. How big is Tarbela Dam?Approximately 250 square kilometers (97 sq mi)
2. How tall is Tarbela Dam?4,888 MW
3. What is the location?Haripur Tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, on the Indus River
4. What is the construction completion?1976
5. Why was an earth-filled dam chosen instead of a concrete dam?An earth-filled dam was chosen because there were plenty of suitable earth materials nearby and the local geology worked well with clay, sand, and gravel.
6. How does the Tarbela Dam help farmers?The dam stores about 11.9 billion cubic meters of water and releases it during dry winter months, giving farmers a steady water supply for their crops.

Indus River: A major river flowing through Pakistan, originating in the Himalayas and emptying into the Arabian Sea.
Sedimentation: The process by which soil and rock particles are carried and deposited by water, potentially reducing reservoir capacity.
Megawatt (MW): A unit of power equal to one million watts, commonly used to measure the output of electricity generators.