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Kotri Barrage
Kotri Barrage
کوٹری بیراج
	25°26′32″N 68°19′0″E / 25.44222°N 68.31667°E
Waterway	Indus
Country	Pakistan
State	Sindh
Maintained by	Sindh Irrigation & Power Department
Operation	Hydraulic
First built	it was first built in 1932 & then open in 1955.
Length	1,600 m (5,200 ft)

Kotri Barrage, also known as the Ghulam Muhammad Barrage, is a barrage on the Indus River between Jamshoro and Hyderabad in the Sindh province of Pakistan.^[3] The barrage was completed in 1955 and was inaugurated by Ghulam Muhammad. It is used to control water flow in the Indus for irrigation and flood control purposes.

It has a discharge capacity of 24,800 cubic metres per second (875,000 cu ft/s). It is a gate-controlled weir type barrage with a navigation lock. The barrage has 44 bays, each 18 metres (60 ft) wide. The maximum flood level height of Kotri Barrage is 13.1 metres (43.1 ft). It feeds Fulleli, Pinyari, and Kalri Baghar Canals.

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^ Sindh Irrigation Department - Canal System^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Kotri Barrage". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
^ "Indus River - Irrigation". Encyclopedia Britannica.

[1] Sindh Irrigation Department - Canal System^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Kotri Barrage". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-03-16.

[3] "Indus River - Irrigation". Encyclopedia Britannica.

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