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Zhinvali Dam

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Country
  
Georgia

Status
  
Operational

Type of dam
  
Pebble-fill dam

Height
  
102 m

Create
  
Zhinvali Reservoir

Location
  
Zhinvali

Opening date
  
1985

Impounds
  
Aragvi River

Opened
  
1985

Construction began
  
1974

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The Zhinvali Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Aragvi River in the Caucasus Mountains in Zhinvali, Georgia. The Zhinvali Hydroelectric Power Plant has two turbines with a nominal capacity of 65 MW each having a total capacity of 130 MW.

Map of Zhinvali Dam, Georgia

The building of the dam in 1986 formed the Zhinvali Reservoir.

References

Zhinvali Dam Wikipedia