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Taleghan Dam

The 112th tallest dam in the world

109 m · 358 ft

Taleqan Dam, also Talaqan Dam, is a hydroelectric dam in Iran with an installed electricity generating capability of 18 MW. It is one of the five main water sources for the Tehran metropolitan. it is situated in Alborz Province. downstream of Alborz province and incorporates a pipe line to Hashtgerd. It was constructed between 2002 and 2006 on the Shahrud and Taleghan Rivers creating the Taleghan reservoir. The dam can hold 420 million cubic meters of water.

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

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