Karkheh Hydroelectric Power Plant
The Karkheh Dam is a large multi-purpose earthen embankment dam built in Iran on the Karkheh River in 2001 by the contractor of Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Central Headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
- Industrial building
- …is operated by Iran Water & Power Resources Development Co.
- …dates from 2001
- Description: dam in Iran
- Also known as“Karkheh Dam”“نیروگاه آبی کرخه”
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Latitude
32.4884° or 32° 29′ 18″ north
Longitude
48.13179° or 48° 7′ 54″ east
Open location code
8H4CF4QJ+9P
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Karkheh Hydroelectric Power Plant” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد الكرخة”
- Chinese: “卡克赫河大壩”
- Chinese: “卡尔黑大坝”
- Chinese: “卡爾黑大壩”
- German: “Karche-Talsperre”
- German: “Karkheh-Talsperre”
- Hebrew: “סכר כרח’ה”
- Indonesian: “Bendungan Karkheh”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Karkheh-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Karkheh-demningen”
- Persian: “دریاچهٔ سد کرخه”
- Persian: “سد کرخه”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Karkheh”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Керхе”
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