Karun-3 Dam

The Karun-3 dam is a hydroelectric dam on the river located in the province of Khuzestan, . It was built to help meet Iran's energy demands as well as provide seasonal flood control.
  • Dam
  • …lies at an elevation of 671 metres (2,201 feet)
  • …is also known as “Maḩall-e Eḩdās̄-e Sadd-e Kārūn”
  • Description: dam in Iran

Karun-3 Dam

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Latitude
31.80278° or 31° 48′ 10″ north
Longitude
50.09062° or 50° 5′ 26″ east
Open location code
8H3GR33R+46
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Karun-3 Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد قارون-٣”
  • Arabic: “سد قارون-3”
  • Arabic: “سد كارون-٣”
  • Arabic: “سد كارون-3”
  • Cebuano: “Ţarḩ-e Sadd-e Kārūn”
  • Chinese: “卡伦3号水电站”
  • Chinese: “卡伦三号坝”
  • Chinese: “卡伦河三号大坝”
  • Chinese: “卡倫-3水壩”
  • Chinese: “卡倫3號水電站”
  • Chinese: “卡倫三號壩”
  • Croatian: “Karun-3”
  • French: “barrage de Karun-3”
  • French: “Barrage de karun-3”
  • French: “Barrage de Karun-3”
  • German: “Karun-3”
  • Hebrew: “סכר כארון-3”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Karun-3”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karun 3-demningen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karun-3-demninga”
  • Norwegian: “Karun 3-demningen”
  • Persian: “سد کارون 3”
  • Persian: “سد کارون ۳”
  • Persian: “طرح سد کارون”
  • Persian: “کارون ۳”
  • Persian: “کارون 3”
  • Persian: “محل احداث سد کارون”
  • Russian: “ГЭС Карун-3”
  • Russian: “Карун-3”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Karun-3”
  • Spanish: “Embalse de Karún-3”
  • Swedish: “Ţarḩ-e Sadd-e Kārūn”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Карун-3”
  • Ukrainian: “Карун-3 (ГЕС)”

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