Yortanlı Dam
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| Coordinates | 39 ° 13 '40 " N , 27 ° 19' 28" E | ||||||||
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| Lock type: | Earthfill dam with a clay core | ||||||||
| Construction time: | 1994-2011 | ||||||||
| Height above valley floor: | 45.5 m | ||||||||
| Height above foundation level : | 52.5 m | ||||||||
| Building volume: | 2 850 000 m³ | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 710 m | ||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||
| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 117.5 m | ||||||||
| Water surface | 4.25 km² | ||||||||
| Storage space | 67.2 million m³ | ||||||||
The Yortanlı Dam is a dam on the Yortanlı Deresi, a right tributary of the Bakırçay , in the western Turkish province of İzmir .
The Yortanlı Dam is 52.5 meters high and 710 meters long. It is part of a larger water supply system. The dam is intended to irrigate 70 square kilometers of arable land. The project of the Turkish state hydraulic engineering administration dates back to 1993. Flooding was supposed to take place first in 2005, but was initially postponed. The reservoir has been filled since December 2010. When the reservoir was dammed, the ancient site of Allianoi , an archaeological site of which only 20 percent has been excavated, was flooded.
About one kilometer east of the Yortanlı dam, the Çaltıkoru dam was built at the same time .
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
- Yortanlı Dam. In: Structurae
- Turkish state hydraulic engineering administration
- Valuable ancient site again endangered by dam
- Photo at Panoramio
- Yortanlı Dam To Flood Turkey's Ancient City Alliaoni
- Allianoi is under water