Dez Dam
dam, Iran
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Dez Dam, an arch dam across the Dez River in Iran, completed in 1963. The dam is 666 feet (203 m) high, 696 feet (212 m) wide at the crest, and has a volume of 647,000 cubic yards (495,000 cubic m). Until the late 1960s it was the largest Iranian development scheme.