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Kamal Khan Dam

Afghanistan

The 3397th largest power station in the world

9 MW · Capacity

Kamal Khan Dam (Dari, Pashto) is a gravity dam in the Nimruz Province of Afghanistan, which is owned and operated by the nation's Ministry of Energy and Water. It is located on the Helmand River in the Chahar Burjak District of the province, about 95 km (59 mi) southeast of Zaranj. Its power station produces up to 9 MW of hydroelectricity in addition to providing irrigation to about 175,000 ha (430, 000 acres) of agricultural land. Its reservoir has the capacity to store up to 52 million cubic meters of fresh water.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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