• The Dara Dam was a Roman arch dam at Dara in Mesopotamia (modern-day Turkey), a rare pre-modern example of this dam type. The modern identification of...
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    Agha Jan Dam in Uruzgan Province. Bagh Dara Dam in Kapisa Province. Dahan Dara Dam in Faryab Province. Kharwar Dam in Logar Province. Kunar Dam in Surtak...
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    contained two water outlets to drive mills downstream. The Dara Dam was another arch dam built by the Romans in which the historian Procopius would write...
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    Dara or Daras (Turkish: Dara Antik Kenti; Kurdish: Darê; Greek: Δάρας; Syriac: ܕܪܐ) was an important East Roman fortress city in northern Mesopotamia on...
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    List of Roman dams and reservoirs Roman architecture Roman engineering Dara Dam Smith 1971, pp. 33–35; Schnitter 1978, pp. 31f.; Schnitter 1987a, p. 12;...
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    The Cornalvo Dam is a Roman gravity dam built to supply water to the Roman colonia of Emerita Augusta –present-day Mérida, Spain–, capital of the Roman...
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  • The Subiaco Dams were a group of three Roman gravity dams at Subiaco, Lazio, Italy, devised as pleasure lakes for Emperor Nero (54–68 AD). The biggest...
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    (suspected) Production history Designer A gunsmith from Dara Adamkhel Designed Early 1980s Manufacturer Dara dam khel No. built 1 Specifications Mass 2.85 Kg Length...
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    The Lake Homs Dam, also known as Qattinah Dam, is a Roman-built dam near the city of Homs, Syria, which is in use to this day. Contrary to an older hypothesis...
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  • Puy Foradado Dam was a Roman arch-gravity dam in Zaragoza province, Aragon, Spain, dating to the 2nd or 3rd century AD. List of Roman dams and reservoirs...
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