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Shorabak Dam

Fayzabad District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

The Shorabak Dam, also known as Shorabak hydroelectric power plant, and referred to as Band-e Shorabak in Dari, is located on the Kokcha River about 10 km (6.2 mi) southeast of Fayzabad, Afghanistan, in the Fayzabad District of Badakhshan Province. It is a gravity dam with a power station that produces up to 7.5 megawatts of electricity.

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

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