Kılıçkaya Dam

Kılıçkaya Dam (Kılıçkaya Barajı in Turkish) is 25 km north of town of Suşehri 158 km northeast of Sivas city in center east of Turkey and located on the Kelkit, a tributary of the Yeşilırmak River which flows down along a large fault in the north east Anatolia than runs into the Black Sea.

Geology in the river basin where many landslides can be observed is of sedimentary formation.

Kılıçkaya Dam & Hydro Power Plant
Technical Data
Location province of Sivas, on the Kelkit River
Compilation Year 1989
Purpose Irrigation, Energy
Embankment type Rockfill
Height (from river bed) 103.00 m
Storage volume 1 400 billion m³
Dam volume 6 900 000 m³
Reservoir area at normal water surface elevation 64 km²
Crest length 454 m
Irrigation Area 83 312 ha
Spillway 7,800 m³/s
Bottomoutlet 139 m³/s
Power 124 MW
Annual production 332 000 mwh/year
Coordinates 40°14′N 38°11′E / 40.233°N 38.183°ECoordinates: 40°14′N 38°11′E / 40.233°N 38.183°E