Saqqez Shahid Kazemi Dam
Shahid Kazemi Dam | |
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![]() Kazemi dam from above | |
![]() ![]() Location of Shahid Kazemi Dam in Iran | |
Location | Saqqez, Iran |
Coordinates | 36°18′31.27″N 46°30′16.03″E / 36.3086861°N 46.5044528°ECoordinates: 36°18′31.27″N 46°30′16.03″E / 36.3086861°N 46.5044528°E |
Purpose | Power, irrigation |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 1967 |
Opening date | 1971 |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Dam with clay core |
Impounds | Zarrineh River |
Height | 50 m (164 ft) |
Length | 720 m (2,362 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 800,000,000 m3 (648,571 acre⋅ft) |
Power Station | |
Installed capacity | 87 MW |
Shahid Kazemi Dam (originally named Kourosh Dam and also known as the Saqqez Shahid Kazemi Dam, Legzi Dam) is a clay core dam on the Zarrineh River in the Zagros Mountains range, located near Saqqez in Kurdistan Province, western Iran.[1][2]
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- Dams in Iran
- Saqqez County
- Dams completed in 1971
- 1971 establishments in Iran
- Iranian dam stubs