Karun-4 Dam

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Karun-4 Dam is a major hydroelectric and water storage dam in Iran, built on the Karun River to generate power and support regional water management.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Karun-4 Dam canonical 2
Karun River development projects 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arch dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
reservoir dam ⓘ
annualGeneration about 2100 GWh ⓘ
builtBy Iranian contractors ⓘ
catchmentArea about 29,000 km² ⓘ
commissioningDate 2011 ⓘ
constructionStart 1997 ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
crestElevation about 1032 m above sea level ⓘ
crestWidth 15 m ⓘ
damVolume 1,700,000 m³ ⓘ
designedBy Mahab Ghodss Consulting Engineering Company ⓘ
downstreamFrom Karun-1 Dam ⓘ
fundedBy Government of Iran ⓘ
heightFromFoundation 230 m ⓘ
heightFromRiverBed about 220 m ⓘ
impact creation of Karun-4 Reservoir ⓘ
increased electricity supply in southwestern Iran ⓘ
reduction of downstream flooding risk ⓘ
regulation of Karun River flow ⓘ
installedCapacity 1000 MW ⓘ
length 440 m ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Zagros Mountains ⓘ
locatedInProvince Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Karun River ⓘ
nearCity Izeh ⓘ
Lordegan ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 4 ⓘ
openingDate 2011 ⓘ
operator Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company ⓘ
owner Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company ⓘ
partOfCascade Karun River hydropower cascade ⓘ
plantType conventional hydroelectric power plant ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation support ⓘ
regional water management ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
reservoirActiveCapacity about 1,400,000,000 m³ ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea 29 km² ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity 2,190,000,000 m³ ⓘ
riverBasin Karun River basin ⓘ
linked to: Karun River
spillwayCapacity about 6500 m³/s ⓘ
spillwayType gated spillway ⓘ
turbineCapacity 250 MW ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
upstreamFrom Karun-3 Dam ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Karun River → hasDam → Karun-4 Dam ⓘ
Gotvand Dam → partOf → Karun River development projects ⓘ
linked to: Karun-4 Dam
Karun-3 Dam → upstreamStructure → Karun-4 Dam ⓘ