21 Aug, 2019
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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 km.
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.
See also
- Boyabat Dam - upstream
- Derbent Dam - downstream
Notes
- ^ Devlet Su İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü Archived 2013-08-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
References
- State Hydraulic Works (DSİ), Turkey. "General information on Altınkaya Dam, Turkey". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
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