| Shahid Kazemi Dam | |
|---|---|
 Kazemi dam from above | |
  Location of Shahid Kazemi Dam in Iran | |
| Location | Bukan, Iran[1] |
| Coordinates | 36°18′31.27″N 46°30′16.03″E / 36.3086861°N 46.5044528°E |
| Purpose | Power, irrigation |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1967 |
| Opening date | 1971 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Dam with clay core |
| Impounds | Zarrineh River |
| Height | 50 m (164 ft) |
| Length | 720 m (2,362 ft) |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 800,000,000 m3 (648,571 acre⋅ft) |
| Power Station | |
| Installed capacity | 87 MW |
Shahid Kazemi Dam (originally named Kourosh Dam and also known as the Shahid Kazemi Bukan Dam and Bukan Dam)[2] is a clay core dam on the Zarrineh River in the Zagros Mountains range, located near Bukan[3] in West Azarbaijan Province, Iran.[4]
The crown of this dam is located 25 km Northeast of Bukan on the border of Kurdistan province and West Azarbaijan Province.[5] The reservoir and lake of the dam are located in Kurdistan province and its catchment area is from Chehel Cheshmeh and Kileh Shin mountains in Zagros mountains between Saqqez and Baneh and Divandarreh.
This Dam was constructed to store water for supplying drinking water to cities, irrigation and produce hydroelectric power.[6]
- ^ Evaluation Of The Most Appropriate Statistical Distribution For Monthly Rainfall Prediction In The Zarrineh River Watershed, sciarena
- ^ Shahid Kazemi Dam, Shahid Kazemi Dam
- ^ Breeding biology of Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei Breme 1839) in West Azerbaijan province, Iran, scientific-reports
- ^ The study of Changes in the composition of inorganic compounds of phosphate and nitrate in the lake behind Shahid Kazemi Dam (West Azarbaijan province), Islamic Azad University Ahvaz
- ^ Two dimensional numerical models for reservoir sedimentation of dams, Two dimensional numerical models for reservoir sedimentation of dams
- ^ Shahid Kazemi Dam Archived 2 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Islamic Azad University