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Kazemi Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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Shahid Kazemi Dam (originally named Kourosh Dam and also known as the Shahid Kazemi Bukan Dam and Bukan Dam) is a clay core dam on the Zarrineh River in the Zagros Mountains range, located near Bukan in West Azarbaijan Province, Iran. The crown of this dam is located 25 km Northeast of Bukan on the border of Kurdistan province and West Azarbaijan Province. The reservoir and lake of the dam are located in Kurdistan province and its catchment area is from Chehel Cheshmeh and Kileh Shin mountains in Zagros mountains between Saqqez and Baneh and Divandarreh. This Dam was constructed to store water for supplying drinking water to cities, irrigation and produce hydroelectric power.

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