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Sarıyar Dam is 23 km north of Nallıhan town 125 km west of Ankara which is capital city of the country in central Turkey and located 60 km upstream of Gökçekaya Dam on the Sakarya River which runs into the Black Sea. It was completed in 1956. Total power output from the hydroelectric facility is 160 MW (four facilities of 40 MW each).
| Sarıyar Dam & Hydro Power Plant |
| Technical Data |
| Location |
province of Ankara, on the Sakarya River |
| Complation Year |
1956 |
| Purpose |
energy production. |
| Embankment type |
Concrete Gravity |
| Height (from river bed) |
90.00 m |
| Storage volume |
1 910 billion m3 |
| Dam volume |
568 000 m3 |
| Reservoir area at normal water surface elevation |
84 km2 |
| Crest length |
554 m |
| Heavyweight wall volume |
1,600,000 m³ |
| Spillway |
7,800 m³/s |
| Bottomoutlet |
220 m³/s |
| Power |
160 MW |
| Annual production |
400 000 mwh/year |
| Coordinates |
40°02′N 31°25′E |
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