General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Gravity dam |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Hydroelectric dam / plant Irrigation & industrial water dam |
| Material: |
Concrete dam |
Location
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 63 m | |
| retained water volume | 1 220 000 000 m³ | |
| capacity for electric power generation | 672 MW | |
| dam volume | 9 400 000 m³ | |
| water surface area | 56 km² | |
| irrigation area | 92 700 ha |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Birecik Dam, one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey, is located on the Euphrates River 60 km (37 mi) downstream of Atatürk Dam and 8 km (5.0 mi) upstream of Birecik town 80 km (50 mi) west of Province of Şanlıurfa in the southeastern region of Turkey. It was purposed for irrigation and energy production. There is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant, established in 2001, at the dam, with a power output of 672MW (six facilities at 112 MW each) can generate an average of 2.5 billion kWh per year. The Birecik dam is a structure consisting of a concrete gravity and clay core sandgravel fill with a height of 62.5 m (205 ft) from the foundation. It was designed by Coyne et Bellier. The total catchment area is 92,700 ha (358 sq mi). The Birecik project will be realized under the status of Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model.
The dam was built on top of the ruins of the ancient city of Zeugma. According to Bogumil Terminski (2015), the construction of the dam resulted in resettlement of approximately 6,000 people.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Birecik Dam" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2000): L'aménagement hydroélectrique de Birecik en Turquie / Birecik dam and hydropower plant in Turkey. In: Travaux, n. 765 (June 2000), pp. 57-66.
- (2002): Site Investigation for the Final Design of the Birecik Dam. In: Felsbau, v. 20, n. 4 ( 2002), pp. 40.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20003777 - Published on:
22/06/2002 - Last updated on:
22/07/2014
