Fallujah Barrage, Fallujah

The Fallujah Barrage is a barrage on the Euphrates near Fallujah in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. Construction of the barrage was completed in 1985. Unlike many other dams in the Euphrates, the Fallujah Barrage does not include a hydroelectric power station and its main function is to raise the water level of the river for irrigation. The barrage consists of two separate parts. The main stretch of the barrage has ten gates measuring 16 by 8.5 metres, allowing a maximum discharge of 3,600 cubic metres per second. The second part on the left bank of the river has eight gates that are 6 metres wide. These gates divert water toward two separate irrigation channels. Their maximum discharge is 104 cubic metres per second. ()