What is Diama Dam?
{{redlinks|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox dam | name = Diama Dam | name_official = ''Barrage de Diama'' | image = Barrage de Diama.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Ship lock on the dam | image_alt = | location_map = Senegal | location_map_size = | location_map_caption = | location_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|16|13|0.20|N|16|24|53.63|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | country = [[Senegal]]/[[Mauritania]] | location = Diama-Maka | purpose = Navigation, water quality, irrigation | status = O | construction_began = 1981 | opening = {{Start date and age|1986}} | demolished = | cost = US$149.5 million | owner = | dam_type = Gravity | dam_crosses = [[Senegal River]] | dam_length = {{Convert|610|m|ft|abbr=on}} | dam_height = {{Convert|18|m|ft|abbr=on}} | dam_height_foundation= | dam_height_thalweg = | dam_elevation_crest = | dam_width_crest = | dam_width_base = | dam_volume = | spillway_count = | spillway_type = | spillway_capacity = {{Convert|6500|m3/s|ft3/s|abbr=on}} | res_name = | res_capacity_total = {{Convert|250000000|m3|acre.ft|abbr=on}} | res_capacity_active = | res_capacity_inactive= | res_catchment = | res_surface = {{Convert|235|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} | res_max_length = | res_max_width = | res_max_depth = | res_elevation = | res_tidal_range = | plant_name = | plant_coordinates = | plant_operator = | plant_commission = | plant_decommission = | plant_type = | plant_turbines = | plant_hydraulic_head = | plant_capacity = | plant_annual_gen = | website = | extra = }} The '''Diama Dam''', sometimes called the '''Maka–Diama Dam''' ([[French language|French]