The Chardara Dam also known as Chardarin Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Syr Darya River in Shardara District Kazakhstan. It was constructed between 1964 and 1968 with the primary purpose of irrigation. The dam has an associated 100 MW hydroelectric plant named Shardarinsk Hydroelectric Power Station. The dam provides water to the Kyzyl-Kum channel for crop irrigation.
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