Eyvashan Dam

Coordinates: 33°28′26.9″N 048°49′05.6″E / 33.474139°N 48.818222°E / 33.474139; 48.818222
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Eyvashan Dam
Eyvashan Dam is located in Iran
Eyvashan Dam
Location of Eyvashan Dam in Iran
Official nameسد ایوشان
CountryIran
LocationKhorramabad, Lorestan Province
Coordinates33°28′26.9″N 048°49′05.6″E / 33.474139°N 48.818222°E / 33.474139; 48.818222
PurposeWater supply
StatusOperational
Opening date2015
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment, rock-fill
ImpoundsHorood River
Height71 m (233 ft)
Length676 m (2,218 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity51,750,000 m3 (41,950 acre⋅ft)

The Eyvashan Dam (Persian: سد ایوشان), also spelled Ashavan, is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Horood River about 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Khorramabad in Lorestan Province, Iran. It was inaugurated in February 2015.[1]

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  1. ^ "Iran's Vice-President Inaugurates Eyvashan Dam in Lorestan Province | Day Herald". www.dayherald.com. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.