Qaraoun Lake:
- The largest artificial lake in Lebanon
- Located in Western Bekaa at 800 meters above sea level
- Established on the Qaraoun dam (Litani River) in 1959
- The area of the lake is around 11,800,000 m2 at above sea level 858m (storage 222 Mm3) and 5,000,000 m2 at above sea level 838m (storage 53 Mm3)
- The lake storage static capacity is around 220 million m3.
Qaraoun Dam or “Albert Naqash Dam”:
Dam Specifications:
Flood Discharge Spillway:
The spillway is considered to be the most important facility related to the dam as it protects it in case of floods and provides a passage way that ensures the proper flow of water, in order not to damage the dam.
It is a tower (tulip) made of reinforced concrete in the lake, related to a tunnel passing beneath the dam all the way to the river course (discharge capacity 750 m3/s).
**The dam is equipped with two bottom drains to allow total or partial emptying of a restraint (discharge flow for each drain-60 m3/s)