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Saddle dams

Every place in the atlas labelled saddle dams.

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🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works

Sadd al-Arim Secondary North Dam Marib

Sabaean to Himyarite · Kingdom of Saba

210-m saddle subsidiary dam 4 km NE of Great Marib storing Jufaynah tributary.