Kayraktepe dam
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 24 '0 " N , 33 ° 50' 0" E | ||||
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| Construction time: | planned | ||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 196 or 199 m | ||||
| Building volume: | 17 million m³ | ||||
| Crown length: | 580 m | ||||
| Power plant output: | 290 or 420 MW | ||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||
| Water surface | approx. 120 km² | ||||
| Storage space | 4800 million m³ | ||||
The Kayraktepe dam is a planned large dam in Turkey . It is to be built in the south of the country on the river Göksu in the province of Mersin (formerly: Içel) close to the Mediterranean coast. Earlier plans included a construction period from 1985 to 2003. The dam, made of rock and earth, is to be almost 200 meters high.
The dam is intended to generate electricity from hydropower . According to two different specifications, the hydropower plant will have a capacity of 290 or 420 MW. 768 to 990 GWh of electricity are to be generated per year .
Around 20,000 people would have to be resettled to flood the reservoir . More than 12,000 hectares would be flooded.
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
- Location sketch. Archived from the original on June 15, 2008 ; accessed on May 8, 2017 . at sifiryokolus.org
- Kayraktepe Turkey (PDF file; 174 kB)
- World Bank: Kayraktepe Hydropower Project