Mingechevir Hydro Power Plant
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The Mingechevir Hydro Power Plant is one of Azerbaijan
's largest hydro
power plant having an installed electric capacity of 402 MW. It was built as a part of Mingachevir reservoir
on Kura River
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The length of the hydroelectric dam is 1550 m (5,085.3 ft), its width is 16 m (52.5 ft) and height is 80 m (262.5 ft).
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
's largest hydro
Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy...
power plant having an installed electric capacity of 402 MW. It was built as a part of Mingachevir reservoir
Mingachevir reservoir
The Mingachevir reservoir is a large lake in northwestern Azerbaijan. It is the largest reservoir in the Caucasus.-Overview:The reservoir was built on a section of Kura River flowing through Mount Bozdağ in 1953. The filling capacity of the reservoir is whereas the volume is 15730 mln m³...
on Kura River
Kura River
Kura is a river, also known from the Greek as the Cyrus in the Caucasus Mountains. Starting in north-eastern Turkey, it flows through Turkey to Georgia, then to Azerbaijan, where it receives the Aras River as a right tributary, and enters the Caspian Sea...
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The length of the hydroelectric dam is 1550 m (5,085.3 ft), its width is 16 m (52.5 ft) and height is 80 m (262.5 ft).