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Coordinates: 34°18′32″N 42°14′20″E / 34.30889°N 42.23889°E / 34.30889; 42.23889
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[[Image:ISS-45 StoryOfWater, Colors Patiently Swirl - Haditha Dam Lake.jpg|thumb|Lake Qadisiyah, as seen from the [[International Space Station]]]]
[[Image:US Navy boat on Lake Qadisiyah Iraq.jpg|thumb|US Navy boat patrolling Lake Qadisiyah near Haditha, Iraq in 2008]]
A man-made reservoir in [[Al-Anbar]], [[Iraq]], '''Lake Qadisiyah''' ({{lang-ar|'''بحيرة القادسية'''}}) sits on the north side of the [[Haditha Dam]].
A man-made reservoir in [[Al-Anbar]], [[Iraq]], '''Lake Qadisiyah''' ({{lang-ar|'''بحيرة القادسية'''}}) sits on the north side of the [[Haditha Dam]].


Qadisiyah was formed by the damming of the Euphrates River above Haditha, Iraq. It has 100 kilometres of [[shoreline]] and provides irrigation water for nearby cultivated fields.
Qadisiyah was formed by the damming of the Euphrates River above Haditha, Iraq. It has 100 kilometres of [[shoreline]] and provides irrigation water for nearby cultivated fields.
[[Image: US_Navy_boat_on_Lake_Qadisiyah_Iraq.jpg|thumb|right|400px|US Navy boat patrolling Lake Qadisiyah near Haditha, Iraq in 2008]]


On December 3, 2006, it was the site of an emergency landing by an American forces [[CH-46E Sea Knight]] helicopter from the [[3rd Marine Aircraft Wing]] that resulted in the drowning deaths of four out of its sixteen passengers.
On December 3, 2006, it was the site of an emergency landing by an American forces [[CH-46E Sea Knight]] helicopter from the [[3rd Marine Aircraft Wing]] that resulted in the drowning deaths of four out of its sixteen passengers.

Revision as of 00:03, 27 January 2016

Lake Qadisiyah, as seen from the International Space Station
US Navy boat patrolling Lake Qadisiyah near Haditha, Iraq in 2008

A man-made reservoir in Al-Anbar, Iraq, Lake Qadisiyah (Template:Lang-ar) sits on the north side of the Haditha Dam.

Qadisiyah was formed by the damming of the Euphrates River above Haditha, Iraq. It has 100 kilometres of shoreline and provides irrigation water for nearby cultivated fields.

On December 3, 2006, it was the site of an emergency landing by an American forces CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing that resulted in the drowning deaths of four out of its sixteen passengers.

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34°18′32″N 42°14′20″E / 34.30889°N 42.23889°E / 34.30889; 42.23889