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Bakhtiari will be a 325 m (1,066 ft) tall and 434 m (1,424 ft) long variable-radius arch dam. It will be 10 m (33 ft) wide at its crest and 30 m (98 ft) wide at its base while being composed of 3,100,000 m (109,475,467 cu ft) of concrete. The
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During construction, a total of six bridges will be built to support workers, vehicles and equipment in addition to various access roads. To divert the river, two tunnels, 1,151 m (3,776 ft) and 1,180 m (3,871 ft) in length will be constructed at the dam's left abutment. They will
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Consulting Engineers. The studies were carried out over a period of 33 months and in March 2000, the results were given to Iran Water & Power Resources Development Co (IWPCO). In May 2005, IWPCO awarded consultation
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will have a normal capacity of 4,845,000,000 m (3,927,905 acre⋅ft) and an active or "useful" capacity of 3,070,000,000 m (2,488,890 acre⋅ft). At a normal elevation of 830 m (2,723 ft) above sea level, the reservoir will have a surface area of 58.7 km
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services for the project to
Moshanir Consulting Engineers, Dezab Consulting Engineers, Econo-Electrowatt/Boyri and Stucky Pars Consulting Engineers. On April 30, 2007 the $ 2 billion construction contract, to be funded with direct investment from China, was awarded to China's
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will be constructed. The upstream cofferdam will be 51 m (167 ft) high and the downstream 25 m (82 ft). Material to construct the dam including
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power production and it will support a 1,500 MW power station. By trapping sediment, the dam is also expected to extend the life of the
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attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the dam, initiating its construction.
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737:"Iran starts building second-tallest dam"
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657:. Probe International. Archived from
259:6,288 km (2,428 sq mi)
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1206:Hydroelectric power stations in Iran
798:"Bakhtiari Technical Specifications"
381:50 km (31 mi) downstream.
349:currently under construction on the
629:"Iran News Roundup October 6, 2010"
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865:Major reservoirs and dams in Iran
400:Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps
267:58.7 km (23 sq mi)
47:Location of Bakhtiari Dam in Iran
16:Dam in Aligudarz County, Lorestan
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932:Iran–Turkmenistan Friendship Dam
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581:"Bakhtiari Project Information"
551:"آشنایی با سد بختیاری - لرستان"
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521:List of power stations in Iran
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605:. FARAB Co. Archived from
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557:(in Persian). 2017-04-28
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1211:Dams under construction
800:. IWPCO. Archived from
513:Renewable energy portal
304:Installed capacity
125:Construction began
603:"New Awarded Projects"
333:en.iwpco.ir/Bakhtiari/
314:Annual generation
225:Spillway capacity
204:30 m (98 ft)
196:10 m (33 ft)
141:Construction cost
1168:Great Hagi Jaffar Dam
685:Sinohydro Corporation
655:"China dams overseas"
392:Sinohydro Corporation
158:Type of dam
101:32.95750°N 48.76250°E
942:Shahid Abbaspour Dam
691:on 16 September 2017
1007:Rudbar Lorestan Dam
947:Masjed Soleyman Dam
747:on 28 December 2012
453:located underground
404:Mahmood Ahmadinejad
363:Khuzestan Provinces
255:Catchment area
246:Total capacity
241:Bakhtiari Reservoir
97: /
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1095:Under construction
217:Spillway type
193:Width (crest)
120:Under construction
106:32.95750; 48.76250
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1032:Shahid Rajaee Dam
1027:Shahid Kazemi Dam
804:on 15 August 2011
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201:Width (base)
152:Dam and spillways
133:Opening date
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1017:Sefidrud Dam
1012:Sardasht Dam
917:Gavoshan Dam
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297:Francis type
144:$ 2 billion
1022:Seimare Dam
992:Mahabad Dam
962:Karkheh dam
957:Karun-4 Dam
952:Karun-3 Dam
907:Ashavan Dam
872:Alavian Dam
485:Iran portal
353:within the
104: /
80:Coordinates
1195:Categories
1062:Sumbar Dam
1057:Sivand Dam
1052:Silveh Dam
997:Mamloo Dam
987:Latyan Dam
937:Jiroft dam
892:Daryan Dam
808:30 January
741:Gant Daily
665:30 January
639:30 January
613:30 January
587:30 January
561:2017-04-28
537:References
420:cofferdams
385:Background
318:3 billion
92:48°45′45″E
89:32°57′27″N
1216:Arch dams
1179:Also See:
1163:Shahi Dam
1158:Kurit Dam
1153:Kebar Dam
1148:Jawid Dam
1143:Jaber Dam
1067:Tarik Dam
1042:Shamo Dam
1002:Marun Dam
912:Garan Dam
465:penstocks
459:vertical
449:spillways
437:reservoir
424:aggregate
233:Reservoir
882:Azad Dam
471:See also
359:Lorestan
347:arch dam
308:1,500 MW
292:6 × 250
288:Turbines
167:Impounds
74:Lorestan
66:Location
1138:Boz Dam
982:Lar Dam
897:Dez Dam
751:3 March
583:. IWPCO
379:Dez Dam
371:Karkheh
328:Website
238:Creates
136:Unknown
56:Country
721:30 May
435:dam's
430:Design
345:is an
322:(est.)
185:Length
177:Height
117:Status
777:6 May
695:8 May
810:2011
779:2013
753:2013
723:2012
697:2011
667:2011
641:2011
615:2011
589:2011
367:Iran
361:and
341:The
162:Arch
60:Iran
320:kWh
146:USD
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