Akköprü Dam
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 53 '53 " N , 28 ° 54' 8" E | ||||||||||
| Data on the structure | |||||||||||
| Lock type: | Rock embankment dam with a clay core | ||||||||||
| Construction time: | 1995-2008 | ||||||||||
| Height above valley floor: | 112.5 m | ||||||||||
| Height above foundation level : | 162.5 m | ||||||||||
| Building volume: | 13.250 million m³ | ||||||||||
| Crown length: | 689 m | ||||||||||
| Power plant output: | 115 MW | ||||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||||
| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 207.5 m | ||||||||||
| Water surface | 8.92 km² | ||||||||||
| Reservoir length | 24 km | ||||||||||
| Storage space | 384.5 million m³ | ||||||||||
| Total storage space : | 419.2 million m³ (?) | ||||||||||
| Design flood : | 5 730 m³ / s | ||||||||||
The Akköprü Dam ( Turkish Akköprü Barajı ) is a dam on Dalaman Çayı in southwest Turkey that was completed in 2009 .
It was built 24 km east of Köyceğiz near the villages of Akköprü and Beyobasi in Mugla Province . Its purpose is to irrigate an area of 14,192 hectares, generate electricity and control floods for the city of Dalaman and its airport .
The dam, made of loose rock material, is 112.5 m high above the river bed. The total height of the structure (above foundation level) is given as 162.5 m.
The hydropower plant with its two Francis turbines has an output of 57.5 MW twice, a total of 115 MW, and is expected to produce an annual energy volume of 343 GWh from 2008.
The first plans date from 1980, but the construction work did not begin until 1996. The final completion took place in 2009. At the end of 2010 the hydropower plant went into trial operation. 195.81 million m³ of the total storage space can be used as usable space in the company.
See also
- List of the largest dams on earth
- List of the largest reservoirs on earth
- List of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world
- List of dams in the world
Web links
- AKKÖPRÜ BARAJI - Technical data ( Memento from May 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish)
- AKKÖPRÜ DAM AND HEPP Project Description ( Memento from April 28, 2005 in the Internet Archive )