The Baipaza Dam (russian: Байпазинская ГЭС; tg, Нерӯгоҳи барқи обии Бойғозӣ) is a concrete face rock-fill dam on the

Vakhsh River The Vakhsh ( Russian and Tajik: Вахш - ''Vaxsh'', fa, وخش), also known as the Surkhob (Сурхоб, سرخاب), in north-central Tajikistan, and the Kyzyl-Suu ( ky, Кызыл-Суу), in Kyrgyzstan, is a Central Asian river, and one o ...

about southeast of

Yovon Yovon ( Tajik: Ёвон) is a town in Tajikistan located in the Khatlon Region.Maplandia world gazetteer The population of the town is 36,700 (January 2020 estimate). It is approximately southeast of Dushanbe. History Geography Climate Yovon ...

Khatlon Province Khatlon Region ( tg, Вилояти Хатлон, ''Viloyati Xatlon''), one of the four provinces of Tajikistan ( tg, вилоят, ''Viloyat''), is the most populous of the four first level administrative regions. It is situated in the southwes ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

. A purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 600 MW power station. The first three 150 MW Francis turbine-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