Khanbandi

The Khanbandi dam is located in the Zarafshan river basin of Uzbekistan, and is on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Site description

From the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

The dam has eight channels, with 680 dams, were built during the X—XIII centuries in the Samarkand area, and only 4 dame of such scale preserved. The dam of Khanbandi was built at Oslan in Pasttaga gorge. The upper length is 57.75m, the lower is 24.35m, and the altitude is 15.25m. It was constructed from cut granite slabs based on water—resistant solution. Nine cone—shaped holes, which were made in different altitudes, regulated the water flow. The base of the dam is 4 times thicker than the top. The length of the created reservoir is 1.5 km., the width is 52 m. near the dam, and 200m. near the gorge.

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World Heritage Status

This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on June 1, 1996, in the cultural category.^[2]

References

Tourist attractions in Uzbekistan

World
Heritage
Sites

Listed

Tentative list

Cultural

Archaeological sites	Afrasiyab Akhsikath Ancient Pap Burchmulla Dalverzin Tepe Hazorasp Itchan Kala Khalchayan Khiva Koi Krylgan Kala Obi-Rakhmat Grotto Orlat plaques Poykent Sarmishsay Shahrukhiya Siypantosh Rock Paintings Zarautsoy Rock Paintings
Complexes	Bahoutdin Architectural Complex Lyab-i Hauz Po-i-Kalyan Registan
Forts	Ark of Bukhara Urda fortress
Madrasas	Kukeldash Madrasa The Madrasa of Abulkosim Madrasah of Nadir Divan-begi Mir-i Arab Madrasa Sher-Dor Madrasah Tilya-Kori Madrasah Ulugh Beg Madrasa
Mausoleums	Ak Astana-Baba Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum Chor-Bakr Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum of Sheikh Zaynudin Mir-Sayid Bakhrom Mausoleum Saif ed-Din Bokharzi & Bayan-Quli Khan Mausoleums Samanid Mausoleum Sayyed Bahram Mausoleum Shah-i-Zinda Sheikh Mukhtar-Vali Complex Sheihantaur Sultan Saodat
Museums	Afrasiab Museum of Samarkand Amir Timur Museum Art Gallery of Uzbekistan Bukhara State Architectural Art Museum-Preserve Memorial house museum of Tamara Khanum Museum Afshona Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan The Museum of Communication History in Uzbekistan Museum of Geology The Museum of Health Care of Uzbekistan Museum of Olympic Glory Museum of Victims of Political Repression in Tashkent Nukus Museum of Art Shahrisabz Museum of History and Material Culture State Museum of History of Uzbekistan State Museum of Nature of Uzbekistan Tashkent Museum of Railway Techniques Tashkent Planetarium Tashkent Polytechnical Museum The Alisher Navoi State Museum of Literature Ulugh Beg Observatory
Places of worship	Ak Mosque Baland Mosque Bibi-Khanym Mosque Bolo Haouz Mosque Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Chor Minor Dzhuma Mosque Kalân Mosque Kalyan minaret Khonakhan Mosque Magok-i-Attari Mosque Magok-i-Kurpa Mosque Mosque of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani Sacred Heart Cathedral St. John the Baptist Church
Theaters	Navoi Theater Osh State Academic Uzbek Music and Drama Theater named after Babur
Others	Khanaka of Nadir Divan-begi Monument to Nizami Ganjavi in Tashkent Mustaqillik Maydoni Rabati Malik Siyob Bazaar Square of Martyrs in Uzbekistan Tashkent Tower

Natural

Lakes	Aydar Lake Lake Charvak
National parks	Chatkalskiy State Nature Reserve Zaamin National Park

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