The
Roseires Dam is a dam on the
Blue Nile at
Ad Damazin, just upstream of the town of
Er Roseires, in
Sudan. It consists of a concrete
buttress dam 1 km wide with a maximum height of 68m, and an
earth dam on either side. The earth dam on the eastern bank is 4 km long, and that on the western bank is 8.5 km long. The reservoir is about 290 km
2.