Shamo dam (from Arabic: سَّد شمو, in Persian: سد شمو also known as Sad Shamo,[1] is a dam in Kukherd, southwestern Kukherd District, Hormozgan Province, Iran.[2]
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Shamo Dam | |
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Official name | سَّد شمو |
Location | Kukherd, Hormozgan Province, Iran |
Coordinates | 27.1023°N 54.4923°E / 27.1023; 54.4923 |
Construction began | 1100 |
Opening date | 1103 |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Shamo Valley |
Height | 65 m |
Length | 150 m |
Width (base) | 99 m |
Reservoir | |
Creates | 95 MCM |
The Shamo Valley basin is located in the southern part of Nakh Mountain,[3] and southern Drakhi mountain is a beg Mount from Kukherd District,[4] Kukherd, in (Bastak County, Hormozgan Province.[5] It was established in 1986 in the southern Nakh mountains,[6] in the northern area of Kukherd,[7] located in the valley of Shamo.[8]
Kukherd District Hormozgān | ||
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Major reservoirs and dams in Iran |
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Also See: Dams and reservoirs in Iran |