| Baipaza Dam | |
| Location Map: | Tajikistan |
| Coordinates: | 38.2678°N 69.1234°W |
| Country: | Tajikistan |
| Location: | Yovon, Khatlon Province |
| Purpose: | Power, irrigation |
| Status: | O |
| Dam Type: | Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill |
| Dam Crosses: | Vakhsh River |
| Dam Height: | 70m (230feet) |
| Res Capacity Active: | 84000000m2[1] |
| Plant Operator: | Barki Tojik |
| Plant Commission: | 1985-1986 |
| Plant Type: | Conventional |
| Plant Turbines: | 4 x 150 MW Francis-type |
| Plant Capacity: | 600 MW |
| Plant Annual Gen: | 3,500 GWh |
The Baipaza Dam (Russian: Байпазинская ГЭС; Tajik: Нерӯгоҳи барқи обии Бойғозӣ) is a concrete face rock-fill dam on the Vakhsh River about 9km (06miles) southeast of Yovon in Khatlon Province, Tajikistan. A purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 600 MW power station. The first three 150 MW Francis turbine-generators were commissioned in 1985, the fourth in 1986.[2] [3] Its reservoir also holds water for the irrigation of some 40000ha in the Yovon and Obikiik Valleys to the west. This is accomplished by a 7.3adj=midNaNadj=mid tunnel which runs from the right back of the reservoir and through a mountain to the valley.[4]