Altınkaya Dam
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| Altınkaya Dam | |
 Altınkaya Dam |
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| Official name | Altınkaya Dam |
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| Impounds | Kızılırmak |
| Creates | Lake Altınkaya Dam |
| Locale | Samsun, Turkey |
| Maintained by | State Hydraulic Works (DSİ) |
| Length | 634 m (2,080 ft) |
| Height | 195 m (640 ft) |
| Construction began | 1980 |
| Opening date | 1988 |
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
The Altınkaya Dam is a rock-fill dam for irrigation and hydro power purposes, located on the River Kızılırmak, 23 km south of Bafra and 35 km west of Samsun in northern Turkey. It feeds Lake of Derbent.
Having a dam volume of 15,920,000 m³, Altınkaya Dam was completed in 1986. It has a storage volume of 5,763 billion m³ in a reservoir area at normal water surface elevation of 118.31 km².
Total power from the facility is 4x175=700 MW giving an annual electricity production of 1,632 GWh.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Devlet Su İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü (Turkish)
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