Location |
province of Ankara, on the Sakarya River |
Completion 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 |
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