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.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Iran
  • Also known as: Mahall-e Ehdas-e Sadd-e Karun” and “Maḩall-e Eḩdās̄-e Sadd-e Kārūn

Karun-3 Dam

Latitude
31.80278° or 31° 48′ 10″ north
Longitude
50.09062° or 50° 5′ 26″ east
Elevation
671 metres (2,201 feet)
Open location code
8H3GR33R+46
Geo­Names ID
7566049
Wiki­data ID
Q1734696
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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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