Template:Birecik dam

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BİRECİK DAM
Technical Data
Location province of Şanlıurfa, on the Euphrates River
Complation Year 2000
Purpose irrigation and energy production.
Embankment type Concrete gravity dam and fill dam with concrete core
Height (from river bed) 63 m
Storage volume 1.22 billion6 m3
Reservoir area at normal water surface elevation 56 m2
Crest length 390 m
Heavyweight wall volume 1,600,000 m³
Spillway 17,000 m³/s
Bottomoutlet 500 m³/s
Power 672 MW
Annual production 2 518 000 mwh/year