Chorvoq (, ) is an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

Boʻstonliq District Boʻstonliq is a district of Tashkent Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at the city Gʻazalkent. It has an area of and it had 171,200 inhabitants in 2021. The district consists of one city ( Gʻazalkent), 17 urban-type settlements (Iskanda ...

Tashkent Region Tashkent Region (; ) is a Regions of Uzbekistan, viloyat (region) of Uzbekistan, located in the northeastern part of the country, between the Syr Darya River and the Tien Shan Mountains. It borders Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Sirdaryo Region and Nama ...

Uzbekistan , image_flag = Flag of Uzbekistan.svg , image_coat = Emblem of Uzbekistan.svg , symbol_type = Emblem of Uzbekistan, Emblem , national_anthem = "State Anthem of Uzbekistan, State Anthem of the Republ ...

. The town is 575 metres above sea level and lies on the river

Chirchiq Chirchiq, also spelled as Chirchik, (; ) is a district-level city in Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan. It is about 32 km northeast of Tashkent, along the river Chirchiq. Chirchiq lies in the Chatkal Mountains. The population of Chirchiq as of 20 ...

, downstream from

Lake Charvak Lake Charvak (; from چهارباغ ''Char bagh'', "four gardens" in Persian) is a water reservoir in Boʻstonliq District in the northern part of Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan, separating Ugam (north), Pskem (east), and Chatkal (south) ranges. Th ...

, an

irrigation Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has bee ...

and

hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other Renewable energ ...

facility.

History

The 168-meter-high rock fill dam at Chorvoq was built in 1970. The

lake Charvak Lake Charvak (; from چهارباغ ''Char bagh'', "four gardens" in Persian) is a water reservoir in Boʻstonliq District in the northern part of Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan, separating Ugam (north), Pskem (east), and Chatkal (south) ranges. Th ...

reservoir was formed by the rivers of Mount Pskem, Kok Su and Chatkal. On the land of the lake there were formerly some settlements, valleys, testimonials of early people, petroglyphs and other historical sights. But it was a time of extreme lack of cheap and environmentally sustainable power after the catastrophic 1966 earthquake, when the whole U.S.S.R. undertook to reconstruct Tashkent. The government then agreed to set up the Charvak hydroelectric power station (they had no more suitable location for that purpose). Researches of any thing, images and more than 150 monuments in that region were carried out by archaeologists and historians. 40 years after, most of these attractions are now under deposits of dirt and sludg

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Gallery

File:Panoramic view of Charvak - panoramio.jpg, Panoramic view of Charvak File:Charvak dam - panoramio.jpg, Charvak dam File:Ugam mountains near Charvak.JPG, Ugam Range, Ugam Mountains near Charvak File:Chatkal-Charvak.jpg, Countryside near Charvak File:Chorvoq Uzbekistan.jpg, A street in Charvak

References

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