Karun 4 Dam

The Karun-4 Dam is an arch dam on the Karun River located 180 km southwest of Shahr-e-Kord in the province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran. The Karun has the highest discharge of all the Iranian rivers. Its construction is aimed at generating hydroelectric power supply of 2,107 million kWh annually and controlling floods in the upper Karun.
  • Type of dam: Arch dam
  • Impounds: Karun River
  • Height: 230 m (750 ft)
  • Length: 440 m (1,440 ft)
  • Spillway capacity: 6,150 m³/s (217,000 cu ft/s)
  • Creates: Reservoir
  • Total capacity: 2,190,000,000 m³ (1,780,000 acre⋅ft)

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