The Baipaza Dam (; ) is a concrete face rock-fill dam on the

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. A purpose of the dam is

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power generation and it supports a 600 MW power station. The first three 150 MW

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-generators were commissioned in 1985, the fourth in 1986. Its reservoir also holds water for the irrigation of some in the Yovon and Obikiik Valleys to the west. This is accomplished by a tunnel which runs from the right back of the reservoir and through a mountain to the valley.

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{{Vakhsh River dams Dams in Tajikistan Concrete-face rock-fill dams Dams completed in 1985 Dams on the Vakhsh River Energy infrastructure completed in 1986 Hydroelectric power stations in Tajikistan Khatlon Region Hydroelectric power stations built in the Soviet Union