Khashm el-Girba Dam

The Khashm el-Girba Dam is a gravity and embankment composite dam on the Atbarah River about 4 km (2 mi) south of Khashm El Girba in Eastern Sudan.

The primary purpose of the dam is irrigation.

[1] The dam is equipped with canal headworks, located on its left bank, which divert water into a canal.

The main portion of the dam is an earthen embankment; the spillway and irrigation headworks sections are concrete gravity.

[2] The dam has a small hydroelectric power station, which was upgraded during the period 2002–04 to its current installed capacity of 10 megawatts (13,000 hp).