Berdan Dam

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Berdan Dam
Location Turkey
Construction began 1975
Opening date 1984
Dam and spillways
Impounds Berdan River
Height 66 m (217 ft)
Dam volume 1,928,000 m3 (2,521,729 cu yd)
Reservoir
Total capacity 88,000,000 m3 (71,343 acre·ft)
Power station
Installed capacity 10 MW
Annual generation 47 GWh

Berdan Dam is an embankment dam on the Berdan River in Mersin Province, Turkey. It was built between 1975 and 1984. It supports a 10 MW power station and provides water for the irrigation of 27,050 hectares (66,800 acres).

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Coordinates: 36°57′58″N 34°53′43″E / 36.966°N 34.8953°E / 36.966; 34.8953

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