Major dam construction started in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

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

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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

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s (big and small), with 137 more under construction and 546 planned.

Major reservoirs and dams in Iran

* Alavian Dam * Alqadir Dam * Amir Kabir Dam * Azad Dam * Bust-e gez Dam *

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 ...

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* Doroodzan Dam * Ashavan Dam * Garan Dam * Gavoshan Dam * Ilam Dam * Iran–Turkmenistan Friendship Dam * Jegin Dam * Jiroft dam * Karun-1 (Shahid Abbaspour) Dam * Karun-2 (Masjed Soleyman) Dam * Karun-3 Dam * Karun-4 Dam *

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 closes ...

* Khoda Afarin Dam * Kouhrang 1 Dam * Kouhrang 2 Dam * Lar Dam * Latyan Dam * Mahabad Dam * Mamloo Dam * Marun Dam * Nader Shah dam * Panzadh Khordad Dam * Rudbar Lorestan Dam * Sardasht Dam * Sefidrud (Manjil) Dam *

Seimare Dam Seimare Dam ( fa, سد سیمره), also known as Hini Mini or spelled Seymareh, is an arch dam on the Seimare River in Badreh County, Ilam Province, Iran. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation. Studies for the dam were ...

* Shahid Rajaee (Soleyman Tangeh) Dam * Shahid Talebi Dam * Shamo Dam * Shirvan Dam * Siah Bishe Dams * Silveh Dam *

Sivand Dam Sivand Dam is a dam built in 2007 in Fars Province, Iran.Sumbar Dam * Tarik Dam *

Upper Gotvand Dam Upper Gotvand Dam, or simply the Gotvand Dam, is an embankment dam on the Karun River about northeast of Gotvand in Khuzestan Province, Iran. It currently has an installed capacity of 1,000 MW with another 1,000 MW in the works for a second p ...

* Zarrine River (Bukan) Dam * Zayandeh River Dam

Under construction

* Aras Watershed (Meghri) Dam * Bakhtiari Dam * Khersan-3 Dam *

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 northwest of Dashtak. The purpos ...

Ancient dams

Band-e Kaisar The Band-e Kaisar (), Pol-e Kaisar ("Caesar's bridge"), Bridge of Valerian or Shadirwan was an ancient arch bridge in Shushtar, Iran, and the first in the country to combine it with a dam. Built by the Sassanids, using Roman prisoners of war a ...

* Boz Dam * Jaber Dam * Jawid Dam *

Kebar Dam The Kebar Dam is a masonry arch dam on the Kebar River, Iran, located near a town of the same name, 23 km southeast of Qom, near the village of Zanburak in Jannatabad, Qom. The dam is an early arch dam and was the first arch dam constructed b ...

* Kurit Dam * Shahi Dam * The Great Hagi Jaffar Dam

International projects

One of Iran’s most important international projects will see the construction of a $200-million hydroelectric dam in

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starting 2011. Iran is currently engaged in dam construction in

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and

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, and consultations are underway with a number of other countries.

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, Sri Lanka, Bolivia and

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are the potential target markets being considered for exporting the country’s technical and engineering services. In 2010, Iran won a contract to build a dam in

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and the third contract to build a power plant station in Syria.

References

External links

List of reservoirs and dams in Iran
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Dams 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 ...