Altınkaya Dam
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Dam in Samsun Province, Turkey
Altınkaya Dam | |
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Altınkaya Dam | |
Altınkaya Dam is located in Turkey Altınkaya Dam Location of Altınkaya Dam in Turkey | |
Official name | Altınkaya Dam |
Location | Samsun Province, Turkey |
Coordinates | 41°21′49.08′′N 35°43′28.43′′E / 41.3636333°N 35.7245639°E / 41.3636333; 35.7245639 |
Construction began | 1980 |
Opening date | 1988 |
Operator(s) | State Hydraulic Works (DSİ) |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Kızılırmak |
Height | 195 m (640 ft) |
Length | 634 m (2,080 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Lake Altınkaya Dam |
Altınkaya Dam is a rock-fill dam for irrigation and hydro power, on the River Kızılırmak, 23 km south of Bafra and 35 km west of Samsun in northern Turkey. It feeds Lake Derbent.
Having a dam volume of 15,920,000 m3, Altınkaya Dam was completed in 1988. It has a storage volume of 5,763 billion m3 in a reservoir area at normal water surface elevation of 118 km2.
Total power from the facility is 4 x 175 MW, for an installed capacity of 700 MW giving an annual electricity production of 1,630 GWh.[1]
See also
[edit ]- Boyabat Dam - upstream
- Derbent Dam - downstream
Notes
[edit ]- ^ Devlet Su İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü Archived 2013年08月21日 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
References
[edit ]- State Hydraulic Works (DSİ), Turkey. "General information on Altınkaya Dam, Turkey". Archived from the original on 2013年10月19日. Retrieved 2009年03月04日.
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