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Mirani Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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Mirani Dam (Urdu) is on the Dasht River, south of the Central Makran Range in Kech District in Balochistan province of Pakistan. The dam's 302,000 acre-feet (373, 000, 000 m3) reservoir is fed by the Kech and the Nihing rivers, which join at Mirani Dam to form the Dasht River. Mirani Dam was completed in July 2006 and began impounding the Dasht River in August 2006.

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

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