The Masjed Soleyman Dam (), also known as Godar-e Landar Dam, is a dam in Iran on the Karun river. It is high, has an installed capacity of 2,000 MW, and its reservoir holds of water. The dam is a rock-fill structure with a vertical clay-core. The dam was built by Iran Water and Power Resources Development Co. and completed in 2002. The power station was built in two 1,000-MW stages. The first stage was complete in 2003 and the second in September 2007. The dam was named after the city of Masjed Soleyman, about away. The spillway gates are believed to be the largest of their kind in the world.
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Dams in Iran
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