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The Tarbela Dam is a large dam in Pakistan and was finished in 1974 and designed to store water from the Indus River for irrigation and flood control and generation of hydroelectric power.
What is unique about it is because the source of the Indus River is the monsoon rainfall in the Himalayas, the river contains huge amounts of sediment.
The yearly suspended sediment load is 430 million ton per year, which means over time the dam will fill in. The dam's estimated life span is 50 years, so since it was built in 1974 you're looking at 2030 the dam will be full of sediment.
However, sedimentation is predicted to be slower than they thought so you are looking at 2060 it will be full of sediment which the life span will be 85 years.
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tarbela dam
How did the Tarbela Dam response to pakastans climate?
the dam built the dam
What are the three dams of Pakistan?
mangla dam tarbela dam warsak dam
Worlds biggest earth filed dam is?
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Which is the majorsource of hydroelectricity in Pakistan?
The mangela dam and the tarbela dam.....and to some extent the warsakh dam.
How do Mangla and Tarbela dam help Pakistan?
it rapes them
Which river has Tarbela dam in Pakistan?
river sindh
When did Tarbela Dam built in Pakistan?
5 years
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Which is the Pakistan's biggest dam?
The Tarbela Dam is not only Pakistan's biggest dam, but also the world's largest earth-filled dam!
Biggest river dam in Pakistan?
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