Karun-4 Dam

Karun -4 is a dam with a hydroelectric power station on the river Karun in Iran. It is located 180 km southwest of Shahr - e Kord in the province of Chahar Mahal and Bachtiyari.

The dam has a double curvature arch dam concrete as a shut-off. The dam is 230 meters high above the foundation, 440 m long, 7 m above and below 35 m wide. The concrete works of the dam under construction started on 5 February 2006., You will be the largest in Iran.

The reservoir holds 2.19 billion cubic meters of water, of which 749 million are usable operating room. From 2008, he is to be filled. With the spillway may 8600 m³ / s to be removed.

The hydropower plant has a capacity of 1,000 megawatts. These are supplied by four units of 250 MW each. Year, at 2.107 billion kilowatt hours worth of energy up to 100 million dollars will be generated from hydropower. To supply the power station two 615 or 637 m of tunnels have been built with a diameter of 9.5 m.

In addition, the lower reaches of the Karun is protected against flooding, aufgehöht at low water and irrigation possible. On Karun there is also the power plants Karun - 1 to Karun - third