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Eyvashan Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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The Eyvashan Dam, also spelled Ashavan, is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Horood River about 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Khorramabad in Lorestan province, Iran. It was inaugurated in February 2015.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More dams in Iran

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  2. Seimare Dam180 m
  3. Shahid Rajaee Dam138 m
  4. Jiroft Dam134 m
  5. Salman Farsi Dam125 m

Other tall dams worldwide

  1. Rogun Dam · Tajikistan335 m
  2. Shuangjiangkou Dam · China312 m
  3. Norak Dam · Tajikistan300 m
  4. Grande Dixence dam · Switzerland285 m
  5. Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam · Russia245 m
  6. Oroville Dam · United States234.7 m
  7. Bhakra Dam · India225.6 m
  8. Hoover Dam · United States221 m