Chirkey Dam

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Chirkey Dam is a major arch dam and hydroelectric power station in Dagestan, Russia, known as the highest dam in the country and a key source of electricity in the North Caucasus region.

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Chirkey Dam canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arch dam ⓘ
hydroelectric power station ⓘ
annualGeneration approximately 2.47 TWh ⓘ
basinCountry Russia ⓘ
commissioningDate 1974 ⓘ
completionDate 1974 ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1964 ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
damCrestElevation 335 metres above sea level ⓘ
damHeight 232 metres ⓘ
approximately 232 m ⓘ
damLength 338 metres ⓘ
damType arch dam ⓘ
designFeature double-curvature arch ⓘ
gridConnection Unified Energy System of Russia ⓘ
hasReservoir Chirkey Reservoir ⓘ
installedCapacity 1,000 megawatts ⓘ
1000 MW ⓘ
isHighestDamIn Russia ⓘ
locatedIn Dagestan ⓘ
North Caucasus ⓘ
locatedInContinent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
locatedInFederalSubject Republic of Dagestan ⓘ
locatedInRegion Eastern Caucasus ⓘ
locatedNear village of Dubki ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Sulak River ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 4 ⓘ
operator RusHydro ⓘ
partOf Sulak River cascade of hydropower plants ⓘ
plantName Chirkeyskaya HPP ⓘ
plantType conventional hydroelectric power plant ⓘ
primaryUse electricity generation ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
purpose power generation ⓘ
regional electricity supply ⓘ
regionServed North Caucasus ⓘ
reservoirName Chirkey Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea 42.4 square kilometres ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity 2.78 cubic kilometres ⓘ
riverBasin Caspian Sea basin ⓘ
significance key source of electricity in the North Caucasus ⓘ
largest hydroelectric power plant in Dagestan ⓘ
spillwayType gated spillway ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
turbineCapacity 250 MW ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sulak River → hasHydroelectricPlant → Chirkey Dam ⓘ
Sulak River → hasDam → Chirkey Dam ⓘ
Chirkey Reservoir → createdBy → Chirkey Dam ⓘ
Chirkey Reservoir → hasDam → Chirkey Dam ⓘ
Chirkey Reservoir → namedAfter → Chirkey Dam ⓘ