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Kouris Dam

The 109th tallest dam in the world

110 m · 361 ft

Kouris Dam,, is the largest dam of a network of 107 dams in Cyprus. It is in the Limassol District and is fed by the Kouris River along with other smaller watercourses including the Diarizos River which has its water diverted to Kouris Dam via an underground pipeline.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More dams in Cyprus

  1. Kannaviou Dam70 m
  2. Evretou Dam70 m

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