Amir Kabir Dam Power Plant
Amir Kabir Dam, also known as Karaj Dam, is a dam on the Karaj River in the Central Alborz mountain range of northern Iran. It is located 63 kilometres northwest of Tehran and 23 kilometres north of Karaj.- Type: Industrial building
- Description: dam in Karaj County, Iran
- Also known as: “Amir Kabir Dam”, “Amirkabir Dam”, and “Karaj Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Amir Kabir Dam Lake.
Amir Kabir Dam Lake
Reservoir
Photo: ninara, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Amir Kabir Dam Lake is a reservoir, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Amir Kabir Dam Power Plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khuzankola and Varian.
Khuzankola
Village
Photo: Alireza Javaheri, CC BY 3.0.
Khuzankola is a village in Adaran Rural District of Asara District in Karaj County, Alborz province, Iran.
Varian
Village
Photo: L1 alps, Public domain.
Varian is a village in Adaran Rural District of Asara District in Karaj County, Alborz province, Iran. Varian is situated 2½ km northeast of Amir Kabir Dam Power Plant.
Aderan
Village
Adaran is a village in, and the capital of, Adaran Rural District in Asara District of Karaj County, Alborz province, Iran. Aderan is situated 3 km southwest of Amir Kabir Dam Power Plant.
Amir Kabir Dam Power Plant
- Categories: arch dam, concrete dam, hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: Alborz, Western Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.95665° or 35° 57′ 24″ northLongitude
51.09072° or 51° 5′ 27″ eastInception
1961Operator
Tehran Regional Water AuthorityOpen location code
8H7HX34R+M7OpenStreetMap ID
way 774645950OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialWikidata ID
Q471942
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Amir Kabir Dam Power Plant” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد الأمير الكبير”
- Cebuano: “Sadd-e Amīr Kabīr”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد الامير الكبير”
- French: “Barrage de Karadj”
- French: “barrage de Karaj”
- French: “Barrage de karaj”
- German: “Amir-Kabir-Talsperre”
- German: “Karadsch-Damm”
- Hebrew: “סכר אמיר כביר”
- Indonesian: “Bendungan Amir Kabir”
- Italian: “diga di Amir Kabir”
- Japanese: “アミール・キャビール・ダム”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amir Kabir-demninga”
- Persian: “دریاچه سد امیر کبیر”
- Persian: “دریاچهٔ سد امیر کبیر”
- Persian: “دریاچه سد امیرکبیر”
- Persian: “دریاچهٔ سد امیرکبیر”
- Persian: “سد امیر کبیر”
- Persian: “سد امیرکبیر”
- Persian: “سد کرج”
- Persian: “سدکرج”
- Swedish: “Sadd-e Amīr Kabīr”
- Turkish: “Amir kabir barajı”
- Turkish: “Amir Kabir Barajı”
- Turkish: “Emir Kebir Barajı”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Амір-Кабір”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include پلیس راه کرج - چالوس and خطر ریزش سنگ.
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