Rudbar-Lorestan

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Rudbar-Lorestan
Location: Zāgros Mountains
Tributaries: Rudbar
Drain: Rudbar
Larger cities on the shore: Baznui
Major cities nearby: Aligudarz
Rudbar-Lorestan (Iran)
Rudbar-Lorestan
Coordinates 32 ° 54 '20 "  N , 49 ° 39' 59"  E 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.

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  1. http://www.hydroworld.com/articles/2017/05/450-mw-rudbar-lorestan-hydroelectric-plant-opens-in-iran.html