page_title: Tarbela Dam
section_title: Reservoir
hierarchical_section_title: Tarbela Dam / Reservoir
caption_attribution_description: English: view of Tarbela Dam lake on Indus River, photo by me
context_page_description: Tarbela Dam is a large dam on the Indus River in Pakistan. The word derives from the name of the former Tarbela village, one of the larger villages at this site chosen for the dam.
context_section_description: The reservoir lake formed by the damming of the Indus here, is Tarbela lake, which is very elongated and spread out over a considerable area. The lake has many channels and is surrounded by wild, high hills and scrub and thorn forests. It is now a place where many species of waterfowl and fish are found.
caption: View of lake or reservoir of Tarbela Dam
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