Palandöken Dam
| Palandöken Dam | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 39 ° 39 ′ 27 ″ N , 41 ° 1 ′ 19 ″ E | ||||||||||
| Data on the structure | |||||||||||
| Lock type: | Earth-stone embankment dam with clay core | ||||||||||
| Construction time: | 1994-2001 | ||||||||||
| Height above valley floor: | 44.45 m | ||||||||||
| Height above foundation level : | 49 m | ||||||||||
| Building volume: | 600 000 m³ | ||||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||||
| Water surface | 22 km² | ||||||||||
| Storage space | 228 million m³ | ||||||||||
The Palandöken Dam ( Turkish Palandöken Barajı ) is a 35 km southwest of the provincial capital of Erzurum in the same province in eastern Turkey located Dam .
The Palandöken Dam is located 7 km northeast of the small town of Çat . It was built between 1994 and 2001 to irrigate an area of 12,038 ha and to supply drinking water . The barrier structure is a 44.45 m high earth-stone embankment dam with a clay core . The dam volume is 600,000 m³. The reservoir covers an area of 22 km² with normal damming. The storage space is 228 million m³. The reservoir, which lies on the southern flank of the eponymous mountain ridge Palandöken Dağı , is fed by the two streams Lezgi Deresi and Pisyan Deresi . The Tuzla Çayı forms the drain .