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Kılıçkaya Dam

Coordinates: 40°14′N 38°11′E / 40.233°N 38.183°E / 40.233; 38.183
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Kılıçkaya Dam
Official nameKılıçkaya Barajı (Turkish)
CountryTurkey
LocationKelkit River, Sivas Province[1]
Coordinates40°14′N 38°11′E / 40.233°N 38.183°E / 40.233; 38.183
PurposeMulti-purpose
Construction began1980
Opening date1989[2] or 1990[1][3]
Operator(s)Elektrik Uretim AS[3]
Dam and spillways
Type of damRock-fill dam
Height (thalweg)135 m[3]
Width (crest)405 m[3]
Dam volume6 900 000 m³
Spillway volumetric flow rate7,800 m³/s
Reservoir
Total capacity1400 billion m³[1]
Surface area64 km²[1]
Spillway volumetric flow rate139 m³/s
Installed capacity124 MW[1]
Annual generation332 000 mwh/year[1]

Kılıçkaya Dam is a dam located 25 km north of town of Suşehri 158 km northeast of Sivas city in center east of Turkey and located on the Kelkit, a tributary of the Yeşilırmak River which flows down along a large fault in the north east Anatolia than runs into the Black Sea.

Geology in the river basin, where many landslides can be observed, is of sedimentary formation.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Devlet Su İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü: Kılıçkaya Barajı ve Hidroelektrik Santrali" (in Turkish). General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018.
  2. ^ "KILICKAYA DAM (KILIÇKAYA BARAJI)". General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works. Archived from the original on 28 April 2002.
  3. ^ a b c d "Hydroelectric Power Plants in Northern Turkey". 28 November 2021. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013.