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Dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan are used for irrigation, water supply, hydro-electric power generation or a combination of these.[1] The Afghan government continues to seek technical assistance from neighboring and regional countries to build more dams.[2][3] Below is a map and a chart showing some of Afghanistan's dams and reservoirs.
Dam | Location | Impounds | Purpose | Dam Type | Storage capacity | Height (m) |
Length (m) |
Power Gen. | Year Completion | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ayno Maina Dam | Kandahar, Kandahar Province | Irrigation | Embankment | |||||||
Band-e Amir | Bamyan Province | Irrigation | Embankment | |||||||
Bakhshabad Dam | Bala Buluk District, Farah Province | Farah River | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | 27 MW | Under Construction | [4][5][6][7] | ||||
Chaki Wardak Dam | Chaki Wardak District, Maidan Wardak Province | Logar River | Irrigation | 1938 | Oldest modern dam | |||||
Dahla Dam | Shah Wali Kot District, Kandahar Province | Arghandab River | Irrigation | Embankment | 55 m (180 ft) | 535 m (1,755 ft) | 1952 | |||
Darunta Dam | Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province | Kabul River | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | Gravity | 11.5 MW | 1960 | ||||
Grishk Dam | Grishk District, Helmand Province | Helmand River | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | Embankment | 1945 | |||||
Kajaki Dam | Kajaki District, Helmand Province | Helmand River | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | Embankment | 1,715,000,000 m3 (1,390,373 acre⋅ft) | 100 m (330 ft) | 270 m (890 ft) | 151 MW | 1953 | [8][9] |
Kamal Khan Dam | Chahar Burjak District, Nimruz Province | Helmand River | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | Embankment | 16 m | 2.274 km | 9 MW | 2021 | [10][11] | |
Machalgho Dam | Ahmad Aba District, Paktia Province | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | 0.8 MW | Under construction | [12] | |||||
Mahipar Dam | Kabul Province | Logar River | Hydroelectricity | 66 MW | 1967 | [13][14] | ||||
Mialkoh Dam | Kandahar, Kandahar Province | Irrigation | Embankment | 1,500,000 m (4,900,000 ft) | 9 m (30 ft) | 150 m (490 ft) | 2024 | [15] | ||
Naghlu Dam | Surobi District, Kabul Province | Kabul River | Hydroelectricity | Gravity | 550,000,000 m3 (445,892 acre⋅ft) | 110 m (361 ft) | 280 m (919 ft) | 100 MW | 1968 | [16] |
Nahr Gawkush Dam | Kunduz Province | Khanabad River | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | Gravity | 10 MW | [17] | ||||
Nawur Dam | Nawur District, Ghazni Province | Irrigation | Gravity | [18] | ||||||
Pashdan Dam | Karukh District, Herat Province | Hari River | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | Embankment | 2 MW | Under Construction | [19][20][21] | |||
Qargha Dam | Kabul Province | Paghman River | Irrigation | Embankment | 32,800,000 m3 | 30 metres (98 ft) | 450 m (1,480 ft) | N/A | 1933 | |
Salma Dam | Chishti Sharif District, Herat Province | Hari River | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | Embankment (earth & rock-fill) | 633,000,000 m3 (513,181 acre⋅ft) | 107.5 m (353 ft) | 551 m (1,808 ft) | 42 MW | 2016 | [22] |
Sangjoy-Loman Dam | Jaghori District, Ghazni Province | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | Gravity | Under construction | ||||||
Sarda Dam | Andar District, Ghazni Province | Gardez River | Irrigation | 259,000,000 m3 (209,975 acre⋅ft) | 1967 | |||||
Shahtoot Dam | Char Asiab District, Kabul Province | Kabul River | Irrigation | Gravity | Under Construction | [23][24] | ||||
Shah wa Arus Dam | Shakardara District, Kabul Province | Shakardara River | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | Gravity | 180,000 m3 (146 acre⋅ft) | 75 m (246 ft) | 1.2MW | 2023 | [25] | |
Shorabak Dam | Fayzabad District, Badakhshan Province | Kokcha River | Hydroelectricity | Gravity | 7.5 MW | 2021 | [26][27] | |||
Sukhtook Dam | Nili District, Daykundi Province | Lazier River | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | Gravity | 0.7 MW | 2021 | [28] | |||
Sultan Dam | Zana Khan District, Ghazni Province | Ghazni River | Irrigation | Gravity | 10th Century | |||||
Surkhab Dam | Logar Province | |||||||||
Surobi Dam | Surobi District, Kabul Province | Kabul River | Hydroelectricity | Gravity | 22.8MW | [30] | ||||
Tori Dam | Qalat District, Zabul Province | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | Gravity | 25 | 0.1 MW | Under Construction | [31] | |||
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