Masjed Soleyman Dam
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The Masjed Soleyman Dam previously named "Godar-e Landar" is a dam in Iran
on the Karun
river. It is about 164 metres (538.1 ft) high and generates 2,000 MW of power, and its reservoir
holds 228000000 cubic metre of water. The dam is a rockfill structure with a clay core built for the Iran Water and Power Resources Development Co. The dam was named after the town of Masjed-Soleyman, about 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) away. The spillway gates are believed to be the largest of their kind in the world.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
on the Karun
Karun
The Kārun is Iran's most effluent, and the only navigable, river. It is 450 miles long. It rises in the Zard Kuh mountains of the Bakhtiari district in the Zagros Range, receiving many tributaries, such as the Dez and the Kuhrang, before passing through the capital of the Khuzestan Province of...
river. It is about 164 metres (538.1 ft) high and generates 2,000 MW of power, and its reservoir
Reservoir
A reservoir , artificial lake or dam is used to store water.Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as brickwork or cast concrete.The term reservoir may also be used to...
holds 228000000 cubic metre of water. The dam is a rockfill structure with a clay core built for the Iran Water and Power Resources Development Co. The dam was named after the town of Masjed-Soleyman, about 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) away. The spillway gates are believed to be the largest of their kind in the world.