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!!!Lake Assad 

[{Image src='sy596_Assad_Staudamm.jpg' caption='Lake Assad, April 2009, © [Gerhard Huber|Geography/About/Consortium/Huber,_Gerhard]' alt='Lake Assad' width='900' height='598' class='image_left'}]

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At the small town At Thaura the Euphrates is dammed up and forms the 170km long Lake Assad [{GoogleMap location='Lake Assad, Al-Thawrah, Ar Raqqa, Syrien' zoom='10'}]. The power plant makes Syria self-sufficient regarding energy imports. 
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Bei der kleinen Ortschaft At Thaura wird er zum 170km langen Assadsee [{GoogleMap location='Lake Assad, Al-Thawrah, Ar Raqqa, Syrien' zoom='10'}] aufgestaut und macht Syrien von Stromimporten unabhängig.
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[{Metadata Suchbegriff='Assad Staudamm'
  BilderGeo-Objekt='Assad Staudamm'
  BilderGeo-Datum='30. April 2009'
}]
[{SET customtitle='Lake Assad (1)'}]