Caption: DOWN AND OUT--The main bridge over the
Karkheh River at Pol-e Dokhtar in Lorestan province was destroyed by the first floods in March and April.
In Khuzestan province,
Karkheh Dam has been discharging water to manage the huge amount of inflow it is receiving due to heavy rains in Lorestan, Khuzestan, and Kuhkiluyeh and Buyerahmad provinces.
Six cities and towns along the
Karkheh river were evacuated at the earliest, Khuzestan's governor Gholamreza Shariati said.
The volume of water release from the
Karkheh dam in Iran is higher than the normal level, which is very risky, Deputy Head of Khuzestan Water and Power Organization Hamid Reza Lashkari said,Trendreports citing ISNA.
Six towns and cities along the
Karkheh river needed to be evacuated as soon as possible, Khuzestan's governor Gholamreza Shariati said.
"The inflow into the
Karkheh river dam has been high … and officials have had to release more water as the dam was approaching its full capacity," Shariati said, adding the flooding was the worst in 70 years.
A state of emergency has been declared in the southwestern Khuzestan province, while 96 villages near the Dez and
Karkheh rivers were evacuated.
Regionalization of a conceptual rainfall-runoff model based on similarity of the flow duration curve: A case study from the semi-arid
Karkheh basin, Iran.
Seas and Lakes Dam Lakes Rivers Caspian sea (370,987) Aras (145) Helmand (1,150) Gulf of Oman (903,000) Shahyun (65) Hari (1,100) Persian Gulf (251,000) Amir Kabir Aras (1,072) Urmia (5,200) Latyan Karun (950) Hamoun (3,820) Sivand (11)
Karkheh (900) Bakhtegan (3,500) Mulla Sadra Sefid Rud (670) Namak (647) Upper Gotvand Zayanderud (400) Maharloo (600) Golpayegan Zarrineh (302) Table 2: Aquaculture and capture fisheries productions (tons/year) obtained from seas and freshwaters in Iran between 2004 and 2014 [2,3].
It is located in the lower Zagros Mountains about 250 km (160 mi) east of the Tigris River, between the
Karkheh and Dez Rivers.
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Karkheh Reservoir, Iran", Water Resour.