Inguri Dam

Inguri Dam

The Inguri Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Inguri River in Georgia. The dam was completed in 1980 in Georgian SSR (then a republic of the USSR), and at 272 m, it is the world's highest concrete arch dam. [cite web| url = http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9042423/Inguri-Dam| title = Inguri Dam| accessdate = 2007-01-01|publisher = Britannica] It is located north of the town Jvari.

The Inguri hydroelectric station (HES) is a cascade of hydroelectric stations including, in addition to the dam - diversion installation of the Inguri HES proper, the near-dam installation of the Perepad HES-1 and three similar channel installations of the Perepad HESs-2, -3, and -4 located on the tailrace emptying into the Black Sea. [ [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/georgia-2008-2.htm Georgia 2008 Daily Chronology] , globalsecurity.org] . Its average annual capacity is 3.8 billion kW/h, which is approximately 46% of the total electricity supply in Georgia as of 2007 [ [http://www.minenergy.gov.ge/index.php?m=349] , Ministry of Energy of Georgia] .

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*Reservoirs and dams in Russia and CIS

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