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Sumbar Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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The Sumbar Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam just east of Gholaman in North Khorasan province, Iran. The primary purpose of the dam is flood control and water supply for irrigation and municipal uses.

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