Bakhtiari Dam
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The Bakhtiari Dam is an arch dam currently under construction on the Bakhtiari River within the Zagros Mountains on the border of Lorestan and Khuzestan Provinces, Iran. At a planned height of 325 metres (1,066 ft),[2] it will be the world's tallest dam once completed and withhold the second largest reservoir in Iran after the Karkheh reservoir. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and it will support a 1,500 MW power station. By trapping sediment, the dam is also expected to extend the life of the Dez Dam 50 km (31 mi) downstream.
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Bakhtiari Dam | |
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Country | Iran |
Location | Aligudarz County, Lorestan[1] |
Coordinates | 32°57′27″N 48°45′45″E |
Status | Under construction |
Construction began | 25 March 2013 |
Opening date | Unknown |
Construction cost | $2 billion USD |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Arch |
Impounds | Bakhtiari River |
Height | 325 m (1,066 ft)[2] |
Length | 434 m (1,424 ft) |
Width (crest) | 10 m (33 ft) |
Width (base) | 30 m (98 ft) |
Dam volume | 3,100,000 m3 (109,475,467 cu ft) |
Spillway type | Service, gate-controlled |
Spillway capacity | 5,830 m3/s (205,885 cu ft/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Bakhtiari Reservoir |
Total capacity | 4,845,000,000 m3 (3,927,905 acre⋅ft) |
Catchment area | 6,288 km2 (2,428 sq mi) |
Surface area | 58.7 km2 (23 sq mi) |
Power Station | |
Hydraulic head | 289 m (948 ft) (max.) |
Turbines | 6 × 250 MW Francis type |
Installed capacity | 1,500 MW |
Annual generation | 3 billion kWh (est.) |
Website en.iwpco.ir/Bakhtiari/ |
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