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Dara Dam

Mardin · Archaeological site

Catalogue label

Kind
Archaeological site
Province / district
Mardin
Elevation
581 m
Wikidata
Q1165614

About

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 its site is uncertain, but may rather point to a common gravity dam.

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