Kılavuzlu Dam

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Kılavuzlu Dam
Location Turkey
Construction began 1996
Opening date 2001
Dam and spillways
Impounds Ceyhan River
Height 59 m (194 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity 69,000,000 m3 (55,939 acre·ft)
Surface area 3 km2 (1 sq mi)
Power station
Installed capacity 54 MW
Annual generation 100 GWh

The Kılavuzlu Dam is an embankment dam on the Ceyhan River in Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. Constructed between 1996 and 2001, the development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works. The dam supports a 54 MW power station and supplies water for the irrigation of 178,000 hectares (440,000 acres).

See also

References

  • DSI, State Hydraulic Works (Turkey), Retrieved December 16, 2009

Coordinates: 37°37′36″N 36°48′16″E / 37.6268°N 36.8045°E / 37.6268; 36.8045

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