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of these towns have gone down by over 18 metres (59 ft) due to the excessive use of underground water for crop cultivation, the construction of this dam will help to conserve the underground water sources of the area. One village had to be relocated due to construction of the dam and another
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power plant is to be connected to the dam via a 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) tunnel of which 110 metres (360 ft) was built by June 2010. The dam with a length of 595 metres (1,952 ft) and a height of 115 metres (377 ft), has a maximum storage capacity of 260,000,000 m
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new village has been built near the body of the dam. It is estimated that Azad dam will yearly produce approximately 95 GWh of electricity. The dam was operational in 2014.
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520:(in Persian). Saba Info
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131:35.33444°N 46.54889°E
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218:Commission date
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452:. ASD Group
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312:water table
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110:Coordinates
41:August 2014
967:Categories
778:Sumbar Dam
773:Sivand Dam
768:Silveh Dam
713:Mamloo Dam
703:Latyan Dam
653:Jiroft dam
608:Daryan Dam
398:"Azad Dam"
384:References
276:Gura River
163:Gura River
122:46°32′56″E
119:35°20′04″N
895:Also See:
879:Shahi Dam
874:Kurit Dam
869:Kebar Dam
864:Jawid Dam
859:Jaber Dam
783:Tarik Dam
758:Shamo Dam
718:Marun Dam
628:Garan Dam
200:Reservoir
598:Azad Dam
319:See also
280:Sanandaj
264:Azad Dam
227:Turbines
160:Impounds
104:Sanandaj
100:Location
58:Azad Dam
854:Boz Dam
698:Lar Dam
613:Dez Dam
274:on the
268:Persian
92:Country
31:updated
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176:Length
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