Main irrigation dams in Kyrgyz Republic (rehabilitated after 1997)
Reservoir |
Reservoir volume (Mm3) |
Type of dam |
Dam height (m) |
Crest length (m) |
Date of construction |
Catchment area (km2) |
Available discharge capacity (m3/sec) |
Discharge capacity for PMF* (m3/sec) |
Orto Tokoi |
470 |
Embankment |
52.0 |
365 |
1956 |
5970 |
380 |
560 |
Karabura |
27 |
Embankment |
58.0 |
270 |
Uncompleted |
797 |
175 |
155 |
Papan |
260 |
Gravel embankment |
100.0 |
90 |
1985 |
2540 |
345 |
345 |
Bazar Korgan |
22.5 |
Silt and gravel embankment |
25.0 |
2400 |
1962 |
136 |
12 |
63 |
Kirov |
570 |
Concrete buttress (hollow gravity) |
86.0 |
259 |
1975 |
8200 |
390 |
845 |
Ala Archa |
90 |
Homogenous silt embankment |
35.0 |
2100 |
1986 |
405 |
50 |
80 |
Spartak |
22.8 |
Silt and gravel embankment |
12.0 |
2600 |
1978 |
704 |
40 |
89 |
Naiman |
39.5 |
Silt and gravel embankment |
40.5 |
265 |
1966 |
(off stream) |
8.5 |
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* Necessary discharge capacity for routed probable maximum flood (PMF)