← All dossiers
Dossier #295 · GRanD 4638

Aras

🇦🇿Azerbaijan / Iran · Aras River · near Nakhichevan

Built 1970 · Dam · data quality: Fair

IrrigationHydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
40 m
Crest length
945 m
Reservoir capacity
1.4 km³
Reservoir area
101.2 km²
Average depth
13.3 m
Catchment
50,486 km²
Avg discharge
115,350 L/s
Elevation
764 masl
Degree of regulation
37.1 %

Notes

Built 1970

Provenance

Record 295 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 39.0912, 45.4021.