Landmark Gotvand Olia embankment dam was launched Thursday in a ceremony led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The hydroelectric power plant project is situated 380 kilometers away from Karun River mouth, 10 kilometers to north-east of Gotvand city in Khuzestan province.
It has an installed generating capability of 2,000 MW.
The dam is constructed at the final points of Karun River entering into Khuzestan plain and in its downstream no other reservoir dam will be constructed.
It is the highest rock-fill dam being constructed in Iran and has the biggest reservoir after Karkhe dam. It is also the greatest water reservoir on Karun River and the last dam and power plant in downstream of Karun River.
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