Status Operational Opened 1985 Impound Vakhsh River | Purpose Power, irrigation Height 70 m Operator Barqi Tojik | |
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Opening date 1985; 32 years ago (1985) Type of dam Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill Similar Messochora Dam, Kastraki Dam, Sangtuda 2 Hydroelectric Power Pl, Sangtuda 1 Hydroelectric Power Pl, Ngondoma Dam | ||
The Baipaza Dam is a concrete face rock-fill dam on the Vakhsh River about 9 km (5.6 mi) southeast of Yovon in Khatlon Province, Tajikistan. A purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 600 MW power station. The first three 150 MW Francis turbine-generators were commissioned in 1985, the fourth in 1986. Its reservoir also holds water for the irrigation of some 40,000 ha (99,000 acres) in the Yovon and Obikiik Valleys to the west. This is accomplished by a 7.3 km (4.5 mi) long tunnel which runs from the right back of the reservoir and through a mountain to the valley.
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