Karun-3 Dam

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Karun-3 Dam is a large hydroelectric and flood-control dam in Iran, built on the Karun River to generate power and regulate water resources.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arch dam ⓘ
flood-control structure ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
annualGeneration 4,137 GWh ⓘ
baseWidth 29.5 m ⓘ
builtBy Iranian contractors ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1991 ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
crestWidth 5 m ⓘ
damVolume 2,000,000 m³ ⓘ
designedBy Mahab Ghodss Consulting Engineering Company ⓘ
downstreamStructure Karun-1 Dam ⓘ
hasFunction peak-load power supply ⓘ
seasonal flow regulation ⓘ
height 205 m ⓘ
inaugurationDate 2005 ⓘ
installedCapacity 2,000 MW ⓘ
length 305 m ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Khuzestan Province ⓘ
linked to: Khuzestan
locatedNear Izeh ⓘ
Shahrekord ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Karun River ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 8 ⓘ
openingDate 2005 ⓘ
operator Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company ⓘ
owner Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company ⓘ
partOf Karun River hydroelectric cascade ⓘ
plantName Karun-3 Hydroelectric Power Plant ⓘ
linked to: Karun-3 Dam
plantTurbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation support ⓘ
water regulation ⓘ
regionServed Iranian national grid ⓘ
Khuzestan Province ⓘ
linked to: Khuzestan
reservoirCapacity 2,970,000,000 m³ ⓘ
reservoirCatchmentArea 25,400 km² ⓘ
reservoirName Karun-3 Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Karun-3 Dam
reservoirSurfaceArea 48 km² ⓘ
spillwayCapacity 17,500 m³/s ⓘ
spillwayType gated spillway ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
turbineCapacity 250 MW ⓘ
upstreamStructure Karun-4 Dam ⓘ
watercourse Karun River ⓘ

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

Karun River → hasDam → Karun-3 Dam ⓘ
Karun-3 Dam → reservoirName → Karun-3 Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Karun-3 Dam
Karun-3 Dam → plantName → Karun-3 Hydroelectric Power Plant ⓘ
linked to: Karun-3 Dam
Karun-4 Dam → upstreamFrom → Karun-3 Dam ⓘ