Nurek Dam
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The Nurek Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan. Its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation and its power station has an installed capacity of 3,015 MW. Cons
Nurek Dam
Tetradrachm of Euthydemus II (185–180 BC), found on the banks of the Nurek Reservoir.
Nurek reservoir
Vakhsh (river)
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The Vakhsh, also known as the Surkhob in north-central Tajikistan and as the Kyzyl-Suu in Kyrgyzstan, is a Central Asian river and one of the main rivers of Tajikistan. It is a tributary of the Amu Da
Nurek Dam
…Russian: Нурекская ГЭС; Tajik: Нерӯгоҳи обии Норак, Nerūgohi obii Norak, Tajik for Nurek Hydro-electric Station) is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan. Its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation and its power station has an installed capacity of 3,015 MW. Construction of the…
The river Vakhsh (highlighted in blue)
Beginning of the Surkhob proper at the confluence of the Muk-Suu and the (upper) Kyzyl-Suu rivers