Oahe Downstream Recreation Area Oahe Downstream Recreation Area Oahe Downstream Recreation Area is a state recreation area in Stanley County, South Dakota in the United States. The recreation area is named for being immediately downstream of the Oahe Dam and Lake Oahe, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam and reservoir. The recreation area is located along the Missouri River and is popular for camping, fishing and other water-based recreation. The area is located about 7 miles upstream of Pierre - the state capitol. The recreation area was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers following construction of Oahe Dam, and legislation passed
Tabqa Dam 2017, after heavy fighting damaged the main control panel at the dam and disabled the hydroelectric power station, ISIL warned of the imminent collapse of the Tabqa Dam, during a joint US/SDF operation to capture the dam. SDF forces announced they captured the dam on 10 May 2017. The Tabqa dam is located on a spot where rocky outcrops on each side of the Euphrates Valley are less than apart. The dam is an earth-fill dam that is long, high from the riverbed ( above sea-level), wide at its base and at the top. The hydroelectric power station is located