Kotri Barrage

{{Short description|Barrage on the Indus River in Sindh, Pakistan}}

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|native_name = {{Nastaliq|کوٹری بیراج}}

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|waterway = Indus

|country = Pakistan

|state = Sindh

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|maint = Sindh Irrigation & Power Department[http://sindhirrigation.com.pk/Sindh_Canal.htm Sindh Irrigation Department - Canal System]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|operation = Hydraulic

|first = 1955.

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Indus-River|title=Indus River - Irrigation|website=Encyclopedia Britannica}} The barrage was completed in 1955 and inaugurated by Ghulam Muhammad, then governor-general of Pakistan. It is used to control water flow in the Indus for irrigation and flood control purposes.

It has a discharge capacity of {{convert|875,000|cuft/s|order=flip}}. It is a gate-controlled weir type barrage with a navigation lock. The barrage has 44 bays, each {{convert|60|ft|order=flip}} wide. The maximum flood level height of Kotri Barrage is {{convert|43.1|ft|order=flip}}. It feeds Fulleli, Pinyari, and Kalri Baghar canals.

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