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Hub Dam is a reservoir on the Hub River.
It is situated 56 km from Karachi city in Karachi and
Lasbela Districts on Sindh and Balochistan provinces
border. The dam is extended to 24300 acres with gross
storage capacity of 857000 acre feet. It is the Pakistan,s
third largest dam. It is an important source that provides
the drinking water to the metropolitan city Karachi.
In 1974, the government of Sindh declared the area
around dam as a wildlife sanctuary. The sanctuary
is about 27219 hectors in size. It is favorable area for
feeding and nesting for Cranes, Pelicans, Ducks and
Waders. It also an important habitat of migratory birds.
The Dam was designated a Ramsar site on 1 May 2001.
Hub Dam is also a tourist resort. On weekend holidays a
large number of peoples from Karachi visit there to enjoy
picnic, swimming and fishing.[1] A rest house of WAPDA
is also located there for tourists stay.