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Summary

 

Entitled as the largest dam in the country, it is a rock- fill dam with clay core. Volume of earth filling works is 50.9 million m3, crest length 3040 m, and reservoir volume 7.3 billion m3. The work was started by culvert construction at 1990 and finally inaugurated at March 2001.

 

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Spillway & Body of Karkheh Reservoir Dam Project

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Location

25 km North West of Andimeshk City, Khuzestan Province

Authorities

Employer: Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company

Consultant Engineers: Mahab Ghodss Consulting Engineers Company

Contractor: Sepasad Group

Objectives

1. Water regulate/ supply to irrigate approximately 320,000 hectares of downstream lands in Khuzestan & Eilam Provinces

2. Annually Generating Electricity Power of 934 GW

3. Controlling Devastating Seasonal Floods


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