Nurek Dam

Tajikistan is home to the hydroelectric power station Nurek Dam with the highest dam in the world.

A total of nine hydroelectric Francis turbines are installed in the Nurek Dam.

The tallest dam in the world is the 300-meter-high Nurek Dam in Tajikistan.

The reservoir formed by the Nurek Dam, known simply as Nurek, is the largest reservoir in Tajikistan with a capacity of 10.5 km3.

The filling of the Katse Dam in Lesotho, and the Nurek Dam in Tajikistan is an example.

Measurements at the Nurek Dam indicate that winter flow rates average around 150 m/s, whereas flow rates during the summer months can exceed 1500 m/s - a tenfold increase.

On 22 September 1992 Ruderman was killed while traveling by car along the road from Nurek Dam to the capital Dushanbe, an area that at the time was experiencing heavy fighting between government and opposition forces.

Research in Region Dr. Simpson's research has concentrated on low-intensity earthquakes induced by the filling of a deep reservoir behind the Nurek Dam, on the Vakhsh River near Dushanbe, currently the world's highest.