Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small barrage across the jordan river just below the sea of galilee near degania alef in northern israel”. Today it says “small barrage across the jordan river just below the sea of galilee near degania alef and yardenit in northern”.
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Degania Alef The Degania Dam is a small barrage across the Jordan River just below the Sea of Galilee near Degania Alef and Yardenit in northern Israel . The purpose of the dam is to regulate water levels in the Sea of Galilee and flows into the lower Jordan River. It has two floodgates capable of releasing 800 m /s (28,000 cu ft/s). The dam was completed in the early 1930s as part of Pinhas Rutenberg 's Naharayim hydroelectric power plant project. Although the floodgates have been opened partially in the past they were first opened fully in May 2013 after heavy spring flooding and a need to replenish the river. The Times of Israel . 10 January 2013 .1
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Dam in Degania Alef The Degania Dam is a small barrage across the Jordan River just below the Sea of Galilee near Degania Alef in northern Israel . The purpose of the dam is to regulate water levels in the Sea of Galilee and flows into the lower Jordan River. It has two floodgates capable of releasing 800 m /s (28,000 cu ft/s). The dam was completed in 1964. Although the floodgates have been opened partially in the past they were first opened fully in May 2013 after heavy spring flooding and a need to replenish the river. "Sea of Galilee sloshes yet higher, snowmelt may add dozens more centimeters Read more: Sea of Galilee sloshes yet higher, snowmelt may add dozens more centimeters" . The Times of Israel . 10 January 2013 .
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Dam in Degania Alef, Israel Dam in Degania Alef The Degania Dam is a small barrage across the Jordan River just below the Sea of Galilee near Degania Alef and Yardenit in northern Israel . The purpose of the dam is to regulate water levels in the Sea of Galilee and flows into the lower Jordan River. It has two floodgates capable of releasing 800 m /s (28,000 cu ft/s).
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small barrage across the jordan river just below the sea of galilee near degania alef in northern israel
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small barrage across the jordan river just below the sea of galilee near degania alef and yardenit in northern
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