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.pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:235px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:235px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:235px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Reliefkarte_Aserbaidschan_2023.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Aras Dam is located in Azerbaijan"><img alt="Aras Dam is located in Azerbaijan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Reliefkarte_Aserbaidschan_2023.png/235px-Reliefkarte_Aserbaidschan_2023.png" decoding="async" width="235" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Reliefkarte_Aserbaidschan_2023.png/353px-Reliefkarte_Aserbaidschan_2023.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Reliefkarte_Aserbaidschan_2023.png/470px-Reliefkarte_Aserbaidschan_2023.png 2x" data-file-width="2784" data-file-height="2120" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:76.55%;left:13.88%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Aras Dam"><img alt="Aras Dam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of the Aras Dam on the border of Azerbaijan and Iran</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Poldasht" title="Poldasht">Poldasht</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_(city)" title="Nakhchivan (city)">Nakhchivan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Aras_Dam&params=39_05_28_N_45_24_08_E_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°05′28″N</span> <span class="longitude">45°24′08″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.09111°N 45.40222°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.09111; 45.40222</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Operational</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Construction began</th><td class="infobox-data">1964</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opening date</th><td class="infobox-data">1971</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:skyblue; color:inherit;">Dam and spillways</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">40 m (130 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">1,026 m (3,366 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width (crest)</th><td class="infobox-data">8 m (26 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spillway capacity</th><td class="infobox-data">66.5 m<sup>3</sup>/s (2,350 cu ft/s)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:skyblue; color:inherit;">Reservoir</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Creates</th><td class="infobox-data">Aras Reservoir</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total capacity</th><td class="infobox-data">1.35 km<sup>3</sup> (1,090,000 acre⋅ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surface area</th><td class="infobox-data">145 km<sup>2</sup> (56 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:skyblue; color:inherit;">Power Station</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operator(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Azerenerji" title="Azerenerji">Azerenerji</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iran_Water_Resources_Management_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iran Water Resources Management Company (page does not exist)">Iran Water Resources Management Company</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commission date</th><td class="infobox-data">1971</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Water_turbine" title="Water turbine">Turbines</a></th><td class="infobox-data">4 × 11 MW (15,000 hp)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Nameplate_capacity" title="Nameplate capacity">Installed capacity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">44 MW (59,000 hp)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Aras Dam</b> (<a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Araz su anbarı</i>; <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">سد ارس</span>) is an <a href="/wiki/Embankment_dam" title="Embankment dam">embankment dam</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Aras_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Aras River">Aras River</a> along the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Iran_border" title="Azerbaijan–Iran border">border</a> of <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>. It is located downstream of <a href="/wiki/Poldasht" title="Poldasht">Poldasht</a> in <a href="/wiki/West_Azerbaijan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="West Azerbaijan Province">West Azerbaijan Province</a>, Iran and <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_(city)" title="Nakhchivan (city)">Nakhchivan City</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic" title="Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic">Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic</a>, Azerbaijan. The primary purpose of the dam is <a href="/wiki/Hydroelectric" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydroelectric">hydroelectric</a> power generation and water supply. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aras_Dam&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 11 August 1957, a protocol was signed between the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> and Iran in <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a> to construct the Aras Dam on the Aras River.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was done at a time when Azerbaijan was under Soviet control. Construction on the dam began in 1963 and was completed in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-arasd_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arasd-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dam was officially inaugurated on 28 June 1971 by Iranian deputy prime minister <a href="/wiki/Safi_Asfia" title="Safi Asfia">Safi Asfia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Premier_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union">Deputy Chairman</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Ministers (Soviet Union)">Soviet Council of Ministers</a> <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Yefremov_(politician)" title="Mikhail Yefremov (politician)">Mikhail Yefremov</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-collard_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-collard-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A supplementary protocol to the border agreement of 1954 between Iran and the Soviet Union was signed on 7 May 1970 in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> to re-delimit the border along the Aras Reservoir.<sup id="cite_ref-boundary_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boundary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aras_Dam&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Specifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dam">Dam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aras_Dam&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Dam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Aras Dam is 40 metres (130 ft) tall from its foundation and 34 metres (112 ft) tall from the riverbed.<sup id="cite_ref-arasd_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arasd-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is an embankment type dam with sand fill and a clay core. It is 1,026 metres (3,366 ft) long and 8 metres (26 ft) wide on its crest.<sup id="cite_ref-arasd_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arasd-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reservoir">Reservoir</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aras_Dam&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reservoir"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Aras Reservoir</b> (<a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Araz su anbarı</i>), also known as <b>Aras Water Junction</b> (<a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Araz Su Qovsağı</i>), is a large <a href="/wiki/Reservoir" title="Reservoir">reservoir</a> created by the Aras Dam and shared by <a href="/wiki/Nakhichivan_Autonomous_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Nakhichivan Autonomous Republic">Nakhchivan</a> exclave of <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan Republic">Azerbaijan Republic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>. </p><p>At a normal water elevation of 777.5 metres (2,551 ft) above sea level, the dam withholds a <a href="/wiki/Reservoir" title="Reservoir">reservoir</a> of 1.35 cubic kilometres (1,090,000 acre⋅ft) with a surface area of 145 square kilometres (56 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-arasd_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arasd-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wr_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wr-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the reservoir's normal capacity, 1.15 cubic kilometres (930,000 acre⋅ft) is active or "useful" while 0.2 cubic kilometres (160,000 acre⋅ft) is inactive or dead storage. The maximum storage of the reservoir is 1.75 cubic kilometres (1,420,000 acre⋅ft).<sup id="cite_ref-arasd_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arasd-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reservoir is 52 kilometres (32 mi) long and 6.1 kilometres (3.8 mi) wide. The average depth at normal water levels is 18.2 metres (60 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-Su_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Su-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are a total of four hydroelectric stations in Azerbaijan and Iran (two on each side) with four turbines. The discharge capacity of one spillway of a station is 66.5 m<sup>3</sup>/s (2,350 cu ft/s).<sup id="cite_ref-Su_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Su-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since its opening, the reservoir has provided irrigation water for 400,000 hectares (990,000 acres) of <a href="/wiki/Arable_land" title="Arable land">arable land</a> in Azerbaijan and Iran, including about 60,000 hectares (150,000 acres) in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dasht-e_Moghan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dasht-e Moghan (page does not exist)">Dasht-e Moghan</a> area.<sup id="cite_ref-Su_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Su-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tauris_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tauris-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Power_station">Power station</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aras_Dam&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Power station"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The dam's <a href="/wiki/Power_station" title="Power station">power station</a> contains four turbine-generators for a capacity of 11 megawatts (15,000 hp) each. Two of the generators are on the Iranian side and the other two on the Azerbaijani side, along with the dam's <a href="/wiki/Spillway" title="Spillway">spillway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-arasd_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arasd-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The discharge capacity of one spillway of a station is 66.5 cubic metres per second (2,350 cu ft/s).<sup id="cite_ref-Su_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Su-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total installed capacity is 44 MW.<sup id="cite_ref-telford_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telford-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aras_Dam&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of power stations in Azerbaijan">List of power stations in Azerbaijan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aras_Dam&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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