Rudbar-Lorestan
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Coordinates | 32 ° 54 '20 " N , 49 ° 39' 59" E | ||||||||||
Data on the structure | |||||||||||
Lock type: | RCC dam | ||||||||||
Construction time: | 2003-2017 | ||||||||||
Height of the barrier structure : | 156 or 158 m | ||||||||||
Building volume: | 4.596 million m³ | ||||||||||
Crown length: | 185 m | ||||||||||
Crown width: | 15 m | ||||||||||
Power plant output: | 450 MW | ||||||||||
Data on the reservoir | |||||||||||
Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 1756 m | ||||||||||
Water surface | 4.11 km² | ||||||||||
Reservoir length | 20 km | ||||||||||
Catchment area | 2255 km² | ||||||||||
Design flood : | 3 342 m³ / s |
The Rudbar-Lorestan Dam is a dam with a large hydroelectric power station on the Rudbar River , a tributary of the eastern Dez , also called Bakhtiari, in the Iranian province of Lorestan . The structure is located in the Zāgros Mountains about 100 kilometers from the city of Aligudarz . It has a rolled concrete - gravity dam .
The hydropower plant has been in operation since May 31, 2017. The total capacity of the two generators is 450 megawatts. It is a natural gradient of more than 300 meters drop height used.
See also
- List of the largest dams on earth
- List of the largest reservoirs on earth
- List of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world
- List of dams in the world
Web links
- Animated map of the power plant cascades
- Rudbar Lorestan Project
- Complex seismotectonic and topographical conditions at the Rudbar-Lorestan rubble dam in Iran