Kiğı Dam

Kiğı ; Kığı Barajı ve Hidroelektrik Santrali
Location:	Province Bingol ( Turkey )
Tributaries:	Peri Çayı
Drain:	Peri Çayı
Larger places nearby:	Kiğı
	Turkey
Coordinates	39 ° 22 ′ 6 ″ N , 40 ° 21 ′ 7 ″ E Coordinates: 39 ° 22 ′ 6 ″ N , 40 ° 21 ′ 7 ″ E
	Data on the structure
Lock type:	Rock embankment dam with a clay core
Construction time:	1998-2016
Height of the barrier structure :	146 m
Height above valley floor:	150 m
Height above foundation level :	168 or 170 m
Building volume:	17.39 or 23 million m³
Crown length:	585 m
Power plant output:	180 MW
Operator:	Office for Water Management (DSI)
	Data on the reservoir
Water surface	8.35 km²
Storage space	508 or 1200 million m³
Design flood :	4th 500 m³ / s

The Kiğı Dam ( Turkish: Kığı Barajı ) is a stone embankment dam with a clay core at Peri Çayı , a tributary of the Murat , in the district of Kiğı in the province of Bingöl in eastern Turkey, about seven kilometers north of the city of Kiğı and 55 kilometers north of the provincial capital Bingöl . The dam is used to generate energy. The three Francis turbines of the hydropower plant will have 3 × 60 = 180 MW nominal output. Other figures speak of 140 MW. The expected standard energy capacity is 650 GWh per year. The client is the Turkish Water Management Authority DSI. The Özlüce Dam is located downstream .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bingol Regional Office , State Hydraulic Works, accessed January 1, 2013 (Turkish)
↑ ^a ^b Kigi Dam and HEPP ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Ozaltin, accessed January 1, 2013 @1@ 2