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The Karun-3 dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Karun river in the province of Khuzestan, Iran. It was built to help meet Iran's energy demands as well as to provide flood control.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Basic information )〕 The Karun has the highest discharge of Iran's rivers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dam history )〕 The purpose of the dam is for power generation and flood control. The Karun III power generators are connected to the national power network as the peak power generation. With this power plant being operated, with the capacity of ,〔http://www.industcards.com/hydro-iran.htm〕 and an average annual electric power generation of , a major portion of the electric power shortage in the country will be met. The dam is a concrete double arch type, high from the foundation and high from the river bed. Its foundation width is .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Karum3 dam body - technical information )〕 The arch dam design is an ideal one for a dam built in a narrow, rocky gorge to hold back water in a reservoir. Because of the arch shape, the force of the backed up water presses downward against the dam and has the effect of strengthening the dam foundation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dam basics )〕 == See also == * Dez Dam 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karun-3 Dam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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