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holding 35 million m (1 billion US gallons) which primarily supplies
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completed in 2004, after six years of construction.
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A gently curving concrete dam in an arid, mountainous area.
Mujib Dam is located in Jordan
Jordan
Wadi Mujib
31°26′41″N 35°49′5″E / 31.44472°N 35.81806°E / 31.44472; 35.81806
JD
Jordan Valley Authority
Type of dam
Rolled concrete
rockfill
thalweg
Spillways
stepped
chute
Catchment area
Arabic
Wadi Mujib
Madaba
Kerak
Madaba Governorate
Jordan
rolled concrete
abutments
rockfill
Highway 35
historic King's Highway
desalinated
brackish
Dead Sea
reservoir

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