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Kılıçkaya Dam (Kılıçkaya Barajı in Turkish) is 25 km north of town of Suşehri 158 km north-east of Sivas city in center east of Turkey and located on the Kelkit, , a tributary of the Yeşilırmak River which flows down along a large fault in the north east Anatolia than runs into the Black Sea
Geology in the river basin where many landslides can be observed is of sedimentary formation.
| Kılıçkaya Dam & Hydro Power Plant |
| Technical Data |
| Location |
province of Sivas, on the Kelkit River |
| Complation Year |
1989 |
| Purpose |
Irrigation, Energy |
| Embankment type |
Rockfill |
| Height (from river bed) |
103.00 m |
| Storage volume |
1 400 billion m³ |
| Dam volume |
6 900 000 m³ |
| Reservoir area at normal water surface elevation |
64 km² |
| Crest length |
454 m |
| Irrigation Area |
83 312 ha |
| Spillway |
7,800 m³/s |
| Bottomoutlet |
139 m³/s |
| Power |
124 MW |
| Annual production |
332 000 mwh/year |
| Coordinates |
40°14′N, 38°11′E |
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