Tarbela Dam is located in Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, about 50 kilometres northwest of Islamabad, Pakistan. It is constructed on River Indus and is the second largest dam in the world by its structural volume. The dam is 485 feet high above the riverbed.
The dam forms the Tarbela Reservoir, with a surface area of approximately 250-square-kilometre (97 sq mi). The dam was completed in 1974 and was designed to store water from the Indus River for irrigation, flood control, and the generation of hydroelectric power with a total generating capacity of 3,478 MW.
Chinook helicopter flying over Tarbela Dam
Water flowing down from spillway of Tarbela Dam
A view of spillways of Tarbela Dam
Image of Tarbela Dam
Water Reservoir of Tarbela Dam
Image of Tarbela Dam
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