Kargı Dam

Kargı Dam
Location Turkey
Construction began 2000
Opening date 2009
Dam and spillways
Height 84 m (276 ft)
Impounds Sakarya River
Reservoir
Capacity 45,000,000 m3 (36,482 acre·ft)
Power station
Installed capacity 194 MW
Annual generation 245 GWh

The Kargı Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Sakarya River in Eskişehir Province, Turkey. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 194 MW power station.

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