Hub Dam

Hub Dam is a reservoir on the Hub River. It is situated 56 km from Karachi city in Karachi and Hub District on Sindh and Balochistan provinces border. The dam is extended to 24300 acres with gross storage capacity of 857000 acre feet. It is Pakistan's fifth-largest dam. It is an important source that provides the drinking water to the metropolitan city Karachi.
  • Type of dam: Earth fill dam
  • Impounds: Hub river · Shoring Nullah
  • Total capacity: 687,276 acre⋅ft (0.847742 km³)
  • Active capacity: 656,000 acre⋅ft (0.809 km³)
  • Inactive capacity: 41,806 acre⋅ft (0.051567 km³)
  • Catchment area: 3,410 square miles (8,800 km²)
  • Surface area: 29.06 square miles (75.3 km²)

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