Babasultan Dam
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| Coordinates | 40 ° 7 '44 " N , 29 ° 23' 8" E | ||||||||
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| Lock type: | Earth-stone embankment | ||||||||
| Construction time: | 1996-2009 | ||||||||
| Height above valley floor: | 46 m | ||||||||
| Height above foundation level : | 53 m | ||||||||
| Building volume: | 20th 750 000 m³ | ||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||
| Water surface | 1.275 km² | ||||||||
| Storage space | 15.76 million m³ | ||||||||
The Babasultan Dam ( Babasultan Barajı in Turkish ) is a dam on the Karadere, a tributary of the Göksu Çayı ( Kocasu Çayı ) in the catchment area of the Sakarya in the Bursa Province in northwestern Turkey .
The Babasultan Dam is located 13 km northwest of the city of Inegöl on the northern flank of the Uludağ Mountains. It was built in 1996-2009 for irrigation purposes . The barrier structure is a 46 m high earth-stone embankment dam. The dam volume is 2,075,000 m³. The reservoir covers an area of 1.275 km² with normal damming. The storage space is 15.76 million m³. The dam is designed for the irrigation of an area of 4100 ha.