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Norak Dam
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earth-fill embankment dam on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan, near Norak
Key facts
- Location
- Nurek , Border of Khatlon district and Districts of Republican Subordination , Tajikistan
- Purpose
- Power
- Status
- Operational
- Opening date
- 1972-1980
- Owner
- Barqi Tojik
- Impounds
- Vakhsh River
- Height
- 300 m (980 ft)
- Length
- 700 m (2,300 ft)
- Creates
- Nurek reservoir
- Total capacity
- 10.5 km (8,500,000 acre⋅ft)
- Surface area
- 98 km (38 sq mi)
- Operator
- Barqi Tojik
- Commission date
- Initial: 1972–1979, Reconstruction: 1988
- Type
- Conventional
- Turbines
- 9 x 335 MW Francis-type
- Installed capacity
- 3015 MW
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Nurek Dam (Russian: Нурекская ГЭС; Tajik: Нерӯгоҳи обии Норак, Nerūgohi obii Norak, Tajik for Nurek Hydro-electric Station) is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan. Its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation and its power station has an installed capacity of 3,015 MW. Construction of the dam began in 1961 and the power station's first generator was commissioned in 1972. The last generator was commissioned in 1979 and the entire project was completed in 1980 when Tajikistan was still a republic within the Soviet Union, becoming the tallest dam in the world at the time. At 304 m (997 ft), it is currently the second tallest man-made dam in the world, after being surpassed by Jinping-I Dam in 2013. The Rogun Dam, also along the Vakhsh in Tajikistan, may exceed it in size when completed.
Construction
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Norak Dam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.