Yenice Dam
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| Coordinates | 40 ° 3 '50 " N , 30 ° 51' 26" E | ||||||||||
| Data on the structure | |||||||||||
| Lock type: | Earthfill dam | ||||||||||
| Construction time: | 1985-2000 | ||||||||||
| Height above valley floor: | 33.1 m | ||||||||||
| Building volume: | 1 798 000 m³ | ||||||||||
| Power plant output: | 38 MW | ||||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||||
| Water surface | 3.64 km² | ||||||||||
| Reservoir length | approx. 15 km | ||||||||||
| Storage space | 57.6 million m³ | ||||||||||
The Yenice Dam ( Turkish Yenice Barajı ) is located 60 km west of Nallıhan in the Turkish provinces of Ankara and Eskişehir on the central reaches of the Sakarya .
The Yenice dam was built in 1985-2000 for the purpose of generating energy as a debris dam . The dam is 33.1 m high (above the valley floor) and has a wall volume of 1.798 million m³. The associated reservoir covers an area of 3.64 km² and has a storage volume of 57.6 million m³. At the upper end of the approximately 15 km long reservoir is the Gökçekaya Dam . The Yenice Dam hydropower plant has an installed capacity of 38 megawatts . The standard energy capacity is 122 GWh.