The Kiri Dam is in Shelleng local government area of Adamawa State in the north east of Nigeria, damming the Gongola River.
It is a 1.2 km long, 20 m high zoned embankment with an internal clay blanket. The dam was mainly completed in 1982.[2]
The reservoir has a capacity of 615 million m³.[3]
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^Enplan Group (September 2004). "Review of The Public Sector Irrigation in Nigeria" (PDF). Federal Ministry of Water Resources / UN Food & Agricultural Organization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
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