General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Hydroelectric dam / plant |
|---|---|
| Structure: |
Rockfill dam |
Location
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 195 m | |
| retained water volume | 5 763 000 000 m³ | |
| dam volume | 15 920 000 m³ | |
| water surface area | 118 km² |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Altınkaya Dam is a rock-fill dam for irrigation and hydro power purposes, located on the River Kızılırmak, 23 km south of Bafra and 35 km west of Samsun in northern Turkey. It feeds Lake of Derbent.
Having a dam volume of 15,920,000 m³, Altınkaya Dam was completed in 1988. It has a storage volume of 5,763 billion m³ in a reservoir area at normal water surface elevation of 118.31 km².
Total power from the facility is 4 x 175 MW, for an installed capacity of 700 MW MW giving an annual electricity production of 1,632 GWh.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Altınkaya Dam" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20026379 - Published on:
21/02/2007 - Last updated on:
23/12/2015
