The Daryan Dam, also spelled Darian, is an

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 and ...

constructed on the

Sirvan River The Diyala River (Arabic: ; ku, Sîrwan; Farsi: , ) is a river and tributary of the Tigris. It is formed by the confluence of Sirwan river and Tanjaro river in Darbandikhan Dam in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate of Northern Iraq. It covers a t ...

just north of Daryan in

Paveh County Paveh ( fa, Pâveh, ku, Pawe , پاوە, also Romanized as Pāveh, Pawah, and Pāweh) is a city and capital of Paveh County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. It is located in a region called Hawraman. The first language spoken by the population in t ...

, Kermanshah Province, Iran. The primary purpose of the dam is to supply up to of water annually to the long

Nowsud Nowsud ( fa, نوسود, also Romanized as Nowsūd and Nawsūd) is a Kurdish city & capital of Nowsud District, Paveh County, Kermanshah Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a ...

Water Conveyance Tunnel where it will irrigate areas of Southwestern Iran. The dam also has a 210 MW

hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and ...

power station. Construction on the dam began in 2009 and the dam began to fill its reservoir in late November 2015.

The Darian Dam Archaeological Salvage Program Darian Dam was constructed on the Sirwan River between 2009 and 2015. The Dam is located in the Hawrāmān region of Kurdistan and Kermanshah. The Darian Dam Archeological Salvage Program (DDASP) was planned by Iranian Center for Archaeological Res ...

(DDASP) was planned by Iranian Center for Archaeological Research before flooding the

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

. As a result a number of important archaeological sites were discovered and some were excavated. The power station was commissioned in 2018. The dam's diversion tunnel was completed in June 2011. The dam was designed by Stucky of France and consultation was provided by Mahab Ghodss, International Consulting Engineering Co. In August 2010 Farab Co. won the contract to build the power station. In 2011, workers on the project held a protest against unpaid wages. The dam is also the subject of protest due to the forced relocations and ecological/cultural impact its

will have.

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