11°44′34″N 8°1′2″E﻿ / ﻿11.74278°N 8.01722°E﻿ / 11.74278; 8.01722 11°44′34″N 8°1′2″E﻿ / ﻿11.74278°N 8.01722°E﻿ / 11.74278; 8.01722 Dam din Challawa yana cikin Ƙaramar Hukumar Karaye ta Jihar Kano a Arewa maso Yammacin Najeriya, kusan kilomita 90  kudu maso yamma da garin kano. Babbar tafki ce a Kogin Challawa, yanki ne na Kogin Kano, wanda shine babban rafin Kogin Hadejia. Aikin tafkin kwazazzabon mai suna Challawa Rorge ya fara ne daga Hukumar Kula da Albarkatun Ruwa da Injiniya na Gwamnatin Jihar Kano, daga baya kuma aka mika shi ga Gwamnatin Tarayya wacce ta dauki nauyin aikin. Madatsar ruwan mallakin Hadejia-Jama'are River Basin Development Authority, hukumar Tarayya ce. Julius Berger ne ya gina madatsar ruwan a shekarar 1990 - 1992 ta hanyar amfani da ginin dutsen. Yana da tsayin mita 42 kuma da kilomita 7.8  a tsayi Dam ɗin yana da cikakken damar ajiya na 904,000,000 m 3 . Yankin kama kai tsaye shine 3857 km 2 . An tsara madatsar ruwan ne da tunanin samar da wutar lantarki ta hanyar ruwa, kuma tana iya samun karfin 3MW a matsakaita - mafi yawa a lokacin damina kuma mafi karanci a lokacin rani.