The Garan Dam (
Persian
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: سد گاران) is an earth-fill
embankment dam
An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface ...
on the Garan River, a tributary of the
Sirvan River, about northeast of
Marivan
Marivan (; ) is a city in the Central District of Marivan County, Kurdistan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Demographics Language
The city is populated by ethnic Kurds and the people of Marivan sp ...
in
Kurdistan 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 ...
. Construction on the dam began in 2002 and it was inaugurated by Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born Mahmoud Sabbaghian on 28 October 1956) is an Iranian Iranian principlists, principlist and Iranian nationalism, nationalist politician who served as the sixth president of Iran from 2005 to 2013. He is currently a mem ...
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
Marivan County () is in Kurdistan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Marivan.
History
Until 1958 the county was known as Marivan District, an administrative division of Sanandaj County. At that time, Kalatrazan District, Sarvaba ...
. It also provides
municipal water
Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes. Public water supply systems are crucial to properly functioning societies. Thes ...
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
The Darbandikhan Dam () is a multi-purpose embankment dam on the Diyala River in northern Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq. It was constructed between 1956 and 1961. The purpose of the dam is irrigation, flood control, hydroelectric power producti ...
and farmlands below it.
Gallery
File:Garan dam, Panorama.jpg, Landscape of the area
See also
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Daryan Dam
The Daryan Dam, also spelled Darian (Persian: سد داریان), is an embankment dam constructed on the Sirvan River just north of Daryan in Paveh County, Kermanshah province, Iran. The primary purpose of the dam is to supply up to of water ...
– downstream on the Sirvan
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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 buildin ...
References
Dams in Kurdistan Province
Earth-filled dams
Dams completed in 2013
Marivan County
2013 establishments in Iran
Dams in the Tigris River basin
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