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Latyan Dam

The 117th tallest dam in the world

107 m · 351 ft

Latyan Dam, formerly Farahnaz Pahlavi Dam, is a buttress dam on the Jajrood River, located less than 25 km from Tehran, south of the city of Lavasan. Constructed between 1963 and 1967, it is one of the main sources of water for the Tehran metropolitan region. The first generator in the dam's 45 MW hydroelectric power station was commissioned on 17 March 1969, the second on 13 April 1987.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More dams in Iran

  1. Amir Kabir Dam180 m
  2. Seimare Dam180 m
  3. Shahid Rajaee Dam138 m
  4. Jiroft Dam134 m
  5. Salman Farsi Dam125 m

Other tall dams worldwide

  1. Rogun Dam · Tajikistan335 m
  2. Shuangjiangkou Dam · China312 m
  3. Norak Dam · Tajikistan300 m
  4. Grande Dixence dam · Switzerland285 m
  5. Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam · Russia245 m
  6. Oroville Dam · United States234.7 m
  7. Bhakra Dam · India225.6 m
  8. Hoover Dam · United States221 m