Dez Dam

The Dez Dam, formerly known as Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlavi Dam, before the 1979 Revolution, is an arch dam on the Dez River in the southwestern province of Khuzsetan, Andimeshk.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Iran
  • Also known as: “Barrage de dez”, “Bez Dam”, “Mohamad Reza Chah Pahlavi”, “Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Dam”, “Mohammad Reza Shah Dam”, “Mohammad-Reza Shah”, “Mohammadrezā Shāh Dām”, “Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlevi Dam”, “Sadd-e Dorūdzan”, “Sadd-e Moḩammad Reẕā Shāh-e Pahlavī”, “Sadd-e Reẕā Shah”, “دریاچه سد دز”, and “دریاچهٔ سد دز”

Dez Dam

Latitude
32.60578° or 32° 36′ 21″ north
Longitude
48.46385° or 48° 27′ 50″ east
Elevation
568 metres (1,864 feet)
Open location code
8H4CJF47+8G
Geo­Names ID
67415
Wiki­data ID
Q1207298
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Dez Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Sadd-e Dez”
  • Chinese: “德斯水壩”
  • Chinese: “迪兹坝”
  • Chinese: “迪茲壩”
  • Croatian: “Dez (brana)”
  • Croatian: “Dez”
  • Dutch: “Dez Dam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد ديز”
  • French: “barrage de Dez”
  • French: “Barrage de Dez”
  • German: “Dez-Talsperre”
  • Hebrew: “סכר דז”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Dez”
  • Italian: “Diga del Dez”
  • Italian: “diga di Dez”
  • Japanese: “デズ・ダム”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dez-demningen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dez-dammen”
  • Norwegian: “Dez-demningen”
  • Persian: “بِز دَم”
  • Persian: “دِز دَم”
  • Persian: “سد دز”
  • Persian: “سدّ دز”
  • Persian: “سَدِّ دِز”
  • Persian: “سَدِّ رِضا شَه”
  • Persian: “سَدِّ مُحَمَّد رِضا شاهِ پَهلَوی”
  • Persian: “مُهَمَّد رِزَ شَه دَم”
  • Persian: “مُهَمَّدرِزا شاه دام”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Deška brana”
  • Spanish: “Embalse de Dez”
  • Swedish: “Sadd-e Dez”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Діз”
  • Urdu: “دز بند”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Sadd-e-Dez and Sharaf od Dīn.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Ta‘mīrgāh-e Sad Dez and Dez.

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