Tarik Dam is a dam on the Sefīd-Rūd river in the Alborz mountain range, about 32 km (20 mi) south of Rasht in Gilan Province, northern Iran.
Tarik Dam | |
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Location | Rasht, Iran |
Coordinates | 36°59′24.05″N 49°34′04.25″E |
Purpose | Regulation, irrigation, power |
Status | Operational |
Opening date | 1977 |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Barrage, concrete with embankment wing dams |
Impounds | Sefīd-Rūd |
Height | 22 m (72 ft) |
Length | 380 m (1,247 ft) |
Spillway type | Nine gates |
Power Station | |
Commission date | 2016 est. |
Hydraulic head | 8.5 m (28 ft) (rated) |
Turbines | 2 x 1.4 MW Kaplan-type |
Installed capacity | 2.8 MW |
Annual generation | 6.46 GWh[1] |
It is located 35 km (22 mi) downstream of the Sefidrud Dam. The dam was completed in 1977 to distribute releases from the Sefidrud Dam for irrigation and river regulation purposes.
A hydroelectric power station, with an installed capacity of 2.8 MW, was under construction in 2013 as part of the dam's structure.[2]
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