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Lake Dukan (or Lake Dokan) (Arabic:بحيرة دوكان) is a lake in Kurdistan Region Iraq. It is located close to the city of Ranya, and is a reservoir on the Little Zab created by the construction of the Dukan Dam. The Dukan Dam was built between 1954 and 1959 as a multi-purpose dam to provide water storage, irrigation and hydroelectricity.[1] Prior to the flooding of Lake Dukan, the area has been subjected to archaeological research to investigate as many archaeological sites as possible. An archaeological survey in the Ranya Plain documented some 40 archaeological sites with evidence for occupation ranging from the sixth millennium BCE up to the present. Five of these sites were then excavated: Tell Bazmusian, ed-Dem, Kamarian, Qarashina and Tell Shemshara. The excavations at Tell Bazmusian revealed a temple dating to the second millennium BCE.[2] At Tell Shemshara, an early-sixth millennium BCE village was excavated, as well as an early-second millennium BCE palace with a small archive of clay tablets.[3][4] The inhabitants of some 50 villages in the flooded area, around 1,000–1,200 families, were resettled to the west of the lake.[5]

Lake Dukan
Lake Dukan
Lake Dukan
LocationSulaymaniyah Governorate
Coordinates36°08′N 44°55′E
TypeReservoir
Native nameدوكان  (Arabic)
Primary inflowsLittle Zab
Primary outflowsLittle Zab
Catchment area11,700 km2 (4,500 sq mi)
Basin countriesIran, Iraq
Surface area270 km2 (100 sq mi)
Water volume6.8–8.3 km3 (1.6–2.0 cu mi)

The surface area of the lake is 270 square kilometres (100 sq mi). At normal operation, the capacity of the reservoir is 6.8 cubic kilometres (1.6 cu mi) while its maximum capacity is 8.3 cubic kilometres (2.0 cu mi). At that capacity, the surface elevation is 515 metres (1,690 ft) above sea-level. In order to operate the power station, the surface elevation must be between 469 and 511 metres (1,539 and 1,677 ft). The drainage basin of the Dukan Dam is 11,700 square kilometres (4,500 sq mi).[5][6][7]

Dukan reservoir, 2001
Dukan reservoir, 2001

See also



References


  1. Kliot, Nurit (1994). Water Resources and Conflict in the Middle East. Milton Park: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-09752-5.
  2. Al-Soof, Behnam Abu (1970). "Mounds in the Rania Plain and excavations at Tell Bazmusian (1956)". Sumer. 26: 65–104. ISSN 0081-9271.
  3. Eidem, Jesper; Læssøe, Jørgen (2001). The Shemshara archives 1. The letters. Historisk-Filosofiske Skrifter. Vol. 23. Copenhagen: Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskab. ISBN 87-7876-245-6.
  4. Mortensen, Peder (1970). Tell Shimshara. The Hassuna period. Historisk-Filosofiske Skrifter. Vol. 5, 2. Copenhagen: Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskab. OCLC 562453801.
  5. Juwaideh, Albertine (1996). "Dukan Dam". In Simon, Reeva S.; Mattar, Philip; Bulliet, Richard W. (eds.). Encyclopedia of the modern Middle East. New York: Macmillan Reference. pp. 587–588. ISBN 0-02-896011-4.
  6. Fink, A.K.; Ostrizhnov, I.D. (1984). "Dokan hydroelectric station in Iraq". Power Technology and Engineering. 17 (10): 519–522. doi:10.1007/BF01425181.
  7. Iraqi Ministries of Environment, Water Resources and Municipalities and Public Works (2006). "Annex III: Main water control structures (dams and water diversions) and reservoirs". New Eden Master Plan for integrated water resources management in the marshlands areas. New Eden Group.


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Le lac Dukan (aussi orthographié lac Dokan, بحيرة دوكان en arabe) est le plus grand lac du Kurdistan irakien. Il se situe à proximité de la ville de Ranya au nord de l'Irak. C'est un lac de réservoir artificiel sur le Petit Zab, mis en eau lors de la construction du barrage hydroélectrique de Dukan. Ce barrage a été construit entre 1954 et 1959, dans un but de rétention d'eau, d'irrigation et de production d'hydroélectricité[1]. La mise en eau du lac a provoqué le déplacement de 50 villages, soit 1000 à 1200 familles, qui ont été relogées à l'ouest du lac[2].


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