Karkheh Dam

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Karkheh Dam is a major embankment dam in southwestern Iran, built for irrigation, flood control, and hydroelectric power generation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Karkheh Dam canonical 1
Karkheh Reservoir 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf embankment dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
affectsRegion Khuzestan agricultural plains ⓘ
annualGeneration ~934 GWh ⓘ
baseWidth 780 m ⓘ
constructionBegan 1992 ⓘ
constructionMaterial earth-fill ⓘ
rock-fill ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
crestWidth 15 m ⓘ
crosses Karkheh River ⓘ
damVolume 33,000,000 m3 ⓘ
designedBy Mahab Ghodss Consulting Engineering Company ⓘ
designedForIrrigationArea ~320,000 ha ⓘ
hasPowerPlant Karkheh Hydropower Plant ⓘ
height 127 m ⓘ
latitude 32.27 N ⓘ
length 3030 m ⓘ
locatedIn Khuzestan Province ⓘ
linked to: Khuzestan

southwestern Iran ⓘ
locatedOn Karkheh River in Khuzestan ⓘ
linked to: Karkheh River

upstream of the city of Shush ⓘ
longitude 48.15 E ⓘ
nearCity Andimeshk ⓘ
Shush ⓘ
openingDate 2001 ⓘ
operator Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company ⓘ
owner Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company ⓘ
partOf Iran national water resources development projects ⓘ
plantCapacity 400 MW ⓘ
plantCommissioned 2001 ⓘ
plantTurbines 3 x 133 MW Francis-type turbines ⓘ
projectDeveloper Iran Ministry of Energy ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
reservoirCapacityTotal 5,900,000,000 m3 ⓘ
reservoirName Karkheh Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Karkheh Dam
reservoirSurfaceArea 180 km2 ⓘ
riverBasin Karkheh River basin ⓘ
spillwayCapacity 18,000 m3/s ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow spillway ⓘ
status operational ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Karkheh River → hasDam → Karkheh Dam ⓘ
Karkheh Dam → reservoirName → Karkheh Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Karkheh Dam