id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6426 Sivand Dam - Wikipedia .html text/html 1650 217 70 Sivand Dam is a dam built in 2007 in Fars Province, Iran.[1] Named after the nearby town of Sivand located northwest of Shiraz, it was the center of worldwide concern because of the flooding it would cause in historical and archaeologically rich areas of Ancient Persia and possible harm it may cause to the nearby UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Persepolis and Pasargadae.[2] The Iranian government planned Sivand Dam for over 10 years, with a location on the Polvar River in the Tangeh Bolaghi (Bolaghi Gorge) in between the ruins of Persepolis and Pasargadae. Besides the certain flooding of 130 archaeological sites, larger concern has been levied at the dam's effect on nearby World Heritage Sites, particularly Pasargadae, an ancient capital of the Persian Empire built by Cyrus the Great and the site of his tomb. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6426.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6426.txt