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Dams In Iran
Major dam construction started in Iran in the 1950s. Some fourteen large dams were built with the help of foreign engineers and advisors during two decades preceding the Islamic Revolution in 1979. In the post-revolution era, Iran's dam building capacity was significantly strengthened, with some 200 contracting companies, 70 consultant firms and 30 corporations as well as hundreds of hydroelectric manufacturing units having been established inside of Iran in less than three decades. In addition to the necessity of generating electricity, Iran needs dams to effectively control and manage a growing water shortage across the country. Iran was constructing 88 small and large dams in 2007. On average, close to two billion cubic meters of water are added to the country's water reserves annually. As of 2010, Iran has constructed 588 |
Garan Dam
The Garan Dam (Persian: سد گاران) is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Garan River, a tributary of the Sirvan River, about northeast of Marivan in Kurdistan Province, Iran. Construction on the dam began in 2002 and it was inaugurated by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 12 April 2013. It is tall and impounds a reservoir with a storage capacity of . The primary purpose of the dam is to supply water for the irrigation of in Marivan County. It also provides municipal water to the city of Marivan. Officials in Iraq are concerned that the Garan Dam will have a negative impact on the Sirvan River (called the Diyala River in Iraq) as it feeds the Iraqi Darbandikhan Dam and farmlands below it. Gallery File:Garan dam, Panorama.jpg, Landscape of the area See also *Daryan Dam – downstream on the Sirvan *Dams in Iran Major dam construction started in Iran in the 1950s. Some fourteen large dams were built with the help of foreign engineers and advisors during two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khoda Afarin Dam
Khoda Afarin Dam (, also spelled as Khodaafarin Dam or Khudafarin Dam) is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Aras River straddling the international border between Iran and Azerbaijan. It is located west of Khomarlu in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran and southwest of Soltanlı in Jabrayil District, Azerbaijan. Armenian ''de facto'' protectorate Republic of Artsakh occupied the area in 1993, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, but on 18 October 2020, the Azerbaijani forces retook control of the dam during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. It is located upstream of the Khudafarin Bridges. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and irrigation. It was conceived as a joint project with the Soviet Union and both sides reached an agreement in October 1977. Designs were finalized in 1982, revised in the early 1990s and construction began in 1999. The dam began to impound water in 2008. It was inaugurated in 2010. The irrigation works are still underway. During c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karun-4 Dam
The Karun-4 Dam is an arch dam on the Karun River located 180 km southwest of Shahr-e-Kord in the province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran. The Karun has the highest discharge of all the Iranian rivers. Its construction is aimed at generating hydroelectric power supply of 2,107 million kWh annually and controlling floods in the upper Karun. The dam is a concrete double curvature arch-type and high from the foundation. The arch dam design is an ideal one for a dam built in a narrow, rocky gorge to hold back water in a reservoir. The dam is curved. Because of the arch shape, the force of the backed up water presses downward against the dam and has the effect of strengthening the dam foundation. The dam withholds a reservoir with a surface area of and capacity of . The dam's first study was conducted in 1995 and river diversion began in 1997. Concrete pouring began in 2006 and the power plant began producing electricity in November 2010. On December 11, 2010, the second ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karun-3 Dam
The Karun-3 dam () is a hydroelectric dam on the Karun river located in the province of Khuzestan, Iran. It was built to help meet Iran's energy demands as well as provide seasonal flood control. The Karun river has the highest discharge slits and seasonal flooding in Iran. The Karun-3 electric generator, power generators are connected to the national power grid. With peak power generation at , average annual electric power generation is . The dam has one of the largest generator capacities in Iran which help the electric power shortage during peak demand in the summer. This dam is of concrete double Arch dam, arch type. It is high from the foundation and high from the river bed. The foundation width is . The arch dam design is ideal for this location which has a narrow, rocky gorge behind the water reservoir. Moreover, because of its arch shape, the force of the reservoir water presses downward against the dam which strengthens the dam foundation. Gallery File:Karoon3 (2).J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masjed Soleyman Dam
The Masjed Soleyman Dam (also known as ''Godar-e Landar Dam'') is a dam in Iran on the Karun river. It is high, has an installed capacity of 2,000 MW, and its reservoir holds of water. The dam is a rock-fill structure with a vertical clay-core. The dam was built by Iran Water and Power Resources Development Co. and completed in 2002. The power station was built in two 1,000-MW stages. The first stage was complete in 2003 and the second in September 2007. The dam was named after the town of Masjed-Soleyman, about away. The spillway gates are believed to be the largest of their kind in the world. See also *Dams in Iran Major dam construction started in Iran in the 1950s. Some fourteen large dams were built with the help of foreign engineers and advisors during two decades preceding the Islamic Revolution in 1979. In the post-revolution era, Iran's dam buildin ... References External links Hydroelectric power stations in Iran Dams in Khuzestan Province Rock-fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahid Abbaspour Dam
The Shahid Abbaspour Dam (), formerly known as Great Reza Shah Kabir Dam (Persian: ) before the 1979 Revolution, is a large arch dam providing hydroelectricity from the Karun River; it is located about northeast of Masjed Soleiman, in the province of Khuzestan, Iran, and originally completed in 1976. The dam was the first of a series of dams planned for development on the Karun River. The dam is a double-curvature concrete arch dam, high from the foundation rock. Its crest width is .Iran Ministry of Energy News The arch dam design was chosen for the narrow, rocky gorge where it is located. The double-curvature arch design withstands the pressure created by the with a minimum of concrete, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karkheh Dam
The Karkheh Dam () is a large multi-purpose earthen embankment dam built in Iran on the Karkheh River in 2001 by the contractor of Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Central Headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). The dam is in the northwestern province of Khūzestān, the closest city being Andimeshk to the east. It is high and has a reservoir capacity of 5.9 billion cubic meters. The Karkheh Dam is designed to irrigate of land, produce 520 MW of hydro-electricity and prevent downstream floods. Mean annual electricity generation is approximately 700 GWh. Based on IWPCO records, dam's power plant generated total of 4,941 GWh electricity during 2002–2008. In 2014 the maximum water in the reservoir of the dam reached and it is estimated that this number will be even less in 2015. Hawizeh Marshes is affected by the torrential sediments of rivers such as Tigris and Euphrates in Iraq and Karkheh in Iran. Karkheh dam caused to decline the quantity of enteri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalghan Dam
Kalghan (, also Romanized as Kalghān; also known as Kalqān) is a village in Ujan-e Sharqi Rural District, Tekmeh Dash District, Bostanabad County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... At the 2006 census, its population was 352, in 67 families. References Populated places in Bostanabad County {{Bostanabad-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiroft Dam
Jiroft Dam (Persian: سد جیرفت) is a hydroelectric dam in Iran with an installed electricity generating capability of 85 MWh situated in Kerman Province. The fifth concrete dam built in the country, it was begun in 1975 and completed in 1992 (6 Daymah 1370 in Persian calendar). It is located on Halil River Halīl River or HalīlRood (also ''Haliri River'', known as the ''Kharaw'' or ''ZarDasht River'' in its upper reaches) is a river stretching for some running in the Baft, Jiroft and Kahnuj districts of Kerman Province, Iran. The Halil rise ... ( Halilrood) 40 km upstream of Jiroft (North-East of the city) in the narrow valley of Narab. Its reservoir capacity is around 410 million cubic metres up to the normal level (1185 metres above sea level). The maximum height of the dam is 134 m and the crest length is 277 m. The dam in its first water year of operation (1992) survived an extraordinary flood (1 February 1993) with the peak discharge of 5035 cubic metres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran–Turkmenistan Friendship Dam
The Iran–Turkmenistan Friendship Dam, or Doosti Reservoir Dam (, ), is a dam on the Hari river (Hariroud), which forms part of the international boundary between Iran and Turkmenistan (the Iran-Turkmenistan border). The dam was completed in 2004, and both countries agreed that each would have an equal right to the waters of the river, which amount to 820 million cubic metres. , payvand.com, 2004-11-04. It was officially opened on 12 April 2005.Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office for the Near East "Iran–Turkmenistan friendship dam to open" [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
