Kavşakkaya Dam
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| Coordinates | 40 ° 18 '20 " N , 32 ° 55' 53" E | ||||||||
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| Lock type: | Rock embankment dam with a clay core | ||||||||
| Construction time: | 2005-2007 | ||||||||
| Height above valley floor: | 70.5 m | ||||||||
| Building volume: | 4th 700 000 m³ | ||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||
| Water surface | 3 km² | ||||||||
| Storage space | 64 million m³ | ||||||||
The Kavşakkaya Dam ( Turkish Kavşakkaya Barajı ) is located in the municipality of Çubuk , 50 km north of the Turkish capital Ankara in the province of the same name .
The Kavşakkaya Dam was built between 2005 and 2007 to supply drinking water from the Ankara agglomeration on the Ova Çayı , a right tributary of the Ankara Çayı . The barrier structure is a 70.5 m high stone embankment dam with a clay core . The dam volume is 4.7 million m³. The reservoir covers an area of 3 km². The storage volume is 64 million m³. The Kavşakkaya Dam supplies 58 million m³ of drinking water per year.