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List Of Dams And Reservoirs 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 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 dams (big and small), with 137 more under construction and 546 planned. Major reservoirs and dams in Iran * Alavian Dam * Alqadir Dam * Amir Kabir Dam * Aza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garan Dam
The Garan Dam 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. See also *Daryan Dam The Daryan Dam, also spelled Darian, 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 annually to the long Nowsud W ... – downstream on the Sirvan Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kouhrang 2 Dam
The Kouhrang 2 Hydroelectric Power Station is located just south of Chelgard and about northwest of Shahrekord in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. The power station has an installed capacity of 33.3 MW and uses water diverted to the east from the Kouhrang River, via a small dam and the long Kouhrang 2 Tunnel, to produce power. Water from the Kouhrang is stored in a circular dam (Kouhrang 2 Dam) before being sent to the power station. The power station's three generators were commissioned between 2002 and 2004, the power plant were inaugurated in February 2005. Water discharged from the power station enters the Zayandeh River as part of a larger project to provide water to major cities like Isfahan. The intake for the power plant is located on the Kouhrang River () just downstream of the Kouhrang 1 Dam which also diverts water, via the long Kouhrang 2 Tunnel, to near Chelgard and was completed in 1953. The Kouhrang 3 Dam is planned downstream to regulate river flows and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kouhrang 1 Dam
The Kouhrang 1 Dam is a masonry gravity dam on the Kouhrang River about southwest of Chelgard in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. The primary purpose of the dam is to divert up to of water annually via the long Kouhrang 1 Tunnel to the Zayandeh River to the east where it would help supply cities like Isfahan with water. Since the era of Shah Abbas I, attempts had been made to diver the Kouhrang to the Zayandeh. Eventually, efforts by Alexander Gibb between 1948 and 1954 led to the completion of the Kouhrang 1 Dam and Tunnel. Gallery File:ورودي_آب_تونل_كوهرنگ_-_panoramio.jpg, File:سد_كوهرنگ_تابستان_86_-_panoramio.jpg, See also * Kouhrang 2 Dam – downstream, feeds water into the Kouhrang 2 tunnel *Kouhrang 3 Dam The Kouhrang 3 Dam (سد کوهرنگ ۳, also known as Birgan dam بیرگان) is an arch dam currently under construction on the Kouhrang River in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. It is located about northwes ... [...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 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. It is located upstream of the Khodaafarin 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 was complete and began to impound water in 2008. It was inaugurated in 2010. The irrigation works are still underwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karkheh Dam
The Karkheh Dam ( fa, سد کرخه) is a large multi-purpose earthen embankment dam built in Iran on the Karkheh River in 2001 by 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. Construction In 1956, studies began on the Karkheh Dam by the American company Development and Resources Corporation, which was headed by David E. Lilienthal, the former Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority The Tennesse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karun-4 Dam
The Karun-4 Dam is an arch dam on the Karun, Karun River located at 180 km southwest of Shahr-e-Kord in the province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran. The Karun has the highest discharge of all the Iranian rivers. Its construction is aimed at electric power supply of 2107 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 Dece ... [...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 by 2002. The power station was built in two 1000 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 A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, a ... External links References Hydroelectric power stations in Iran Dams in Khuzestan Province Rock-filled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahid Abbaspour Dam
The Shahid Abbaspour Dam ( fa, سد شهید عباسپور), formerly known as Great Reza Shah Dam (Persian: ) before 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, and formerly named "Reza Shah Kabir Dam". 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 |
Jiroft Dam
Jiroft Dam 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 ( 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 per second. The flood had a return period of 800 to 1000 years.Abdolreza Bahremand, 1997, MSc thesis, Flood routing through the Jiroft Dam reservoir, University of Tehran, Iran. The heavy rains of this year caused the dam was filled of water much sooner than the planned water sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
