Nurek Dam
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Nurek Dam is a massive Soviet-era earth-fill embankment dam in Tajikistan, once the world’s tallest, built for hydroelectric power generation and irrigation on the Vakhsh River.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
embankment dam
ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ |
| baseWidth | 700 metres ⓘ |
| constructedBy | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1980 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial |
earth-fill
ⓘ
rock-fill ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| country | Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crestWidth | 20 metres ⓘ |
| damType | earth-fill embankment ⓘ |
| hasCoreType | central clay core ⓘ |
| hasSpillwayType | gated overflow ⓘ |
| height |
300 metres
ⓘ
984 feet ⓘ |
| installedCapacity | 3,000 megawatts ⓘ |
| latitude | 38.38 N ⓘ |
| length |
2,300 feet
ⓘ
700 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Khatlon Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nurek District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | city of Nurek ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Vakhsh River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedSoutheastOf | Dushanbe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| longitude | 69.35 E ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| operator | Barqi Tojik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Government of Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plantCommissioningEnd | 1979 ⓘ |
| plantCommissioningStart | 1972 ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | hydroelectric power generation ⓘ |
| providesElectricityTo | Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Central Asia ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Nurek Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceArea |
38 square miles
ⓘ
98 square kilometres ⓘ |
| reservoirTotalCapacity |
10.5 cubic kilometres
ⓘ
8,500,000 acre feet ⓘ |
| riverCrossed | Vakhsh River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondaryPurpose | irrigation ⓘ |
| surpassedBy | Jinping-I Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| turbineCapacity | 335 megawatts ⓘ |
| turbineCount | 9 ⓘ |
| turbineType | Francis turbine ⓘ |
| usedForIrrigationIn |
Vakhsh Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cotton-growing regions of Tajikistan ⓘ |
| wasWorldTallestDam | true ⓘ |
| worldTallestDamFrom | 1972 ⓘ |
| worldTallestDamUntil | 2013 ⓘ |
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