Marun Dam

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The marun Dam is located about 19 ​​km north of Behbahan on the eponymous river in the Iranian province of Khuzestan. The dam is 165 meters high, making it the second highest rockfill dam in Iran. The volume of the reservoir is 1200 million cubic meters, the volume of the dam is given as 8.59 million m³. The spillway on the right abutment of the dam has a capacity of 10,800 m³ / s The performance of the hydropower plant is variously given as 75 or 150 megawatts.