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Koudiat Acerdoune Dam

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The 82nd tallest dam in the world

121 m · 397 ft

The Koudiat Acerdoune Dam is a gravity dam located 9.5 km (6 mi) southwest of Kadiria on the Isser River in Bouïra Province, Algeria. The dam was constructed between 2002 and 2008 with the roller-compacted concrete technique. It serves the purpose of providing water for industrial, irrigation and municipal uses. It retains a 640,000,000 m3 (518, 856 acreft) capacity reservoir which supplies water for the irrigation of 20,000 ha (49, 421 acres) of land along with providing the Algiers region with 178,000,000 m3 (144, 307 acreft) of drinking water annually.

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