# Halabiye Dam

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{{short description|Dam in Syria}}
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The '''Halabiye Dam''' (or '''Zalabiye Dam''') is a proposed dam on the [Euphrates](/source/Euphrates) in [Deir ez-Zor Governorate](/source/Deir_ez-Zor_Governorate), [Syria](/source/Syria). It will be the fourth and most southern dam on the Syrian Euphrates, after the [Tishrin Dam](/source/Tishrin_Dam), the [Tabqa Dam](/source/Tabqa_Dam) and the [Mansoura Dam](/source/Mansoura_Dam). 
==Project==
The proposed location for the dam is the narrow gap in the Euphrates valley northwest of [Deir ez-Zor](/source/Deir_ez-Zor) that is created by [basalt](/source/basalt) outcrops on the left and right river banks. It is expected that dry areas will be brought under cultivation with irrigation water provided by the dam.<ref name=businessdeirezzor>{{cite book |url=http://www.undp.org.sy/files/Old%20Souks.pdf |title=Reviving the business climate and boosting tourism in Deir Ezzor |author=Government of the Syrian Arab Republic State Planning Commission & the United Nations Development Programme |year=2008 |accessdate=18 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008095802/http://www.undp.org.sy/files/Old%20Souks.pdf |archivedate=8 October 2011 }}</ref> In preparation of this project, the director of the Syrian [Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums](/source/Directorate-General_of_Antiquities_and_Museums) (DGAM) appealed in 2009 to international teams of archaeologists to participate in the [rescue excavations](/source/Rescue_archaeology) of the archaeological sites that would be threatened by the construction of the dam and the flooding of its [reservoir](/source/reservoir). These excavations were expected to be carried out between 2010 and 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://studiaorontica.org/library/Circulaire_Hallabiyen.pdf |title=Nouveaux aménagements hydrauliques sur le Moyen Euphrate syrienne. Appel à projets archéologiques d'urgence |last1=Jamous |first1=Bassam |year=2009 |work=Studia Orontica |publisher=DGAM |accessdate=18 March 2011|language=French}}</ref> The sites that are threatened are located in the area that is projected to be flooded by the reservoir and in the area where construction works for the dam will take place.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://studiaorontica.org/library/barrage%20final2.pdf |title=Barrage final |language=French |accessdate=18 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105417/http://studiaorontica.org/library/barrage%20final2.pdf |archivedate=15 March 2012 }}</ref> Important sites that are threatened include the [Roman](/source/Roman_Empire)–[Byzantine](/source/Byzantine_Empire) sites of [Halabiye](/source/Halabiye) and [Zalabiye](/source/Zalabiye) that were first fortified by the [Palmyrene](/source/Palmyra) queen [Zenobia](/source/Zenobia) in the 3rd century CE.<ref name=tableau>{{cite web |url=http://studiaorontica.org/library/tableau.pdf |title=Tableau des principaux sites menacés par le barrage du Halabiya |accessdate=18 March 2011 |language=French |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105516/http://studiaorontica.org/library/tableau.pdf |archivedate=15 March 2012 }}</ref> The lower town of Halabiye will be partially flooded by the reservoir and the Syrian government is cooperating with the [United Nations Development Programme](/source/United_Nations_Development_Programme) (UNDP) and [UNESCO](/source/UNESCO) to limit the impact of the dam on this site as well as on Zalabiye.<ref name=businessdeirezzor/> Other threatened sites include [Bronze Age](/source/Bronze_Age) Tell Ma’dan and Tell Humeyda with [Ubaid](/source/Ubaid_period), [Uruk](/source/Uruk_period) and Byzantine material.<ref name=tableau/> Given the [current instability](/source/Syrian_Civil_War) in the region, it can be assumed that the project has been postponed.

==See also==
*[Water resources management in Syria](/source/Water_resources_management_in_Syria)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.archaeolinks.com/news.php?user=12&spw=&lan=de&repno=392&- Note on the proposed dam and its impact on cultural heritage] (in French)

{{Euphrates dams |state=expanded}}

Category:Dams in Syria
Category:Dams on the Euphrates River
Category:Proposed dams
Category:Buildings and structures in Deir ez-Zor Governorate

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