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Bookmark or Share- This crumbling dam could wipe out cultural treasures - National GeographicThe ancient Assyrian capital of Nineveh, once the largest city in the world, lies in the flood path of a potential Mosul Dam collapse.
- Mosul Dam: Is it the Most Dangerous Dam in the World?Mosul Dam is an earth fill dam, with a storage capacity of 11.11 km 3 constructed on highly karstified gypsum beds alternating with marl and limestone. After impounding in 1986, seepage locations were recognized. The dam situation now indicates that it is in a state of extreme relative risk.
- Army wraps up Mosul Dam mission, the 'construction project that never ...A view of Mosul Dam, Iraq's largest, where Iraqi, U.S. and Italian officials recently completed a $530-million project to shore-up the 2.2-mile-long structure. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
- Mosul Dam - AECOMThe project to stabilize Mosul Dam involved planning and executing an emergency grouting program to mitigate the extremely high risk of dam failure for what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) once called “the most dangerous dam in the world.”
- Inside the Mosul Dam: A disaster waiting to happen? | CNNAlmost 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) long and 371 feet (113 meters) tall, it is Iraq’s largest hydroelectric dam, producing power for thousands of homes. There’s just one problem: It is built on soft...
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