Kurtboğazı Dam
| Kurtboğazı Dam | |||||||||
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| Coordinates | 40 ° 16 '11 " N , 32 ° 42' 2" E | ||||||||
| Data on the structure | |||||||||
| Lock type: | Sand-gravel embankment with a clay core | ||||||||
| Construction time: | 1996-2009 | ||||||||
| Height above valley floor: | 52.6 m | ||||||||
| Building volume: | 834 000 m³ | ||||||||
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| Water surface | 5.5 km² | ||||||||
| Storage space | 96.9 million m³ | ||||||||
| Catchment area | 331 km² | ||||||||
The Kurtboğazı Dam ( Turkish Kurtboğazı Barajı ) is located 8 km north of the city of Kazan and almost 40 km north-northwest of the capital Ankara in the Turkish province of the same name .
The Kurtboğazı Dam was built between 1963 and 1967 on the Kurt Deresi, a right tributary of the Ova Çayı . The dam is mainly used to supply Ankara with drinking water and to irrigate an area of 3780 ha. The barrier structure is a 52.6 m (according to other information 54 m) high embankment dam . The dam volume is 834,000 m³. The reservoir covers an area of 5.5 km² with normal damming. The storage volume is 96.9 million m³. The dam supplies 67 million m³ of drinking water annually.