Nurek Dam

Khatlon Region · Tajikistan

Nurek Dam, Tajikistan
Photo: Ibrahim Rustamov (Ibrahimjon), CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
April to October
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One of the tallest dams in the world, holding back the Vakhsh River in a deep mountain gorge. Its reservoir stretches for many kilometres between steep arid ridges.

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