Devegeçidi Dam | |
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Official name | Devegeçidi Baraji |
Location | Diyarbakır, Turkey |
Coordinates | 38°03′25″N 39°59′10″E / 38.05694°N 39.98611°E |
Purpose | Irrigation |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 1965 |
Opening date | 1972 |
Owner(s) | State Hydraulic Works |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Embankment, rock-fill |
Impounds | Furtaksa River |
Height | 33 m (108 ft) |
Length | 6,690 m (21,949 ft) |
Elevation at crest | 759 m (2,490 ft) |
Width (crest) | 8 m (26 ft) |
Width (base) | 135 m (443 ft) |
Dam volume | 3,200,000 m3 (2,594 acre⋅ft) |
Spillway type | Service overflow, controlled-chute |
Spillway capacity | 2,600 m3/s (91,818 cu ft/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Devegeçidi Reservoir |
Total capacity | 219,000,000 m3 (178,000 acre⋅ft) |
Active capacity | 212,000,000 m3 (172,000 acre⋅ft) |
Inactive capacity | 7,000,000 m3 (5,700 acre⋅ft) |
Catchment area | 1,578 km2 (609 sq mi) |
Surface area | 30 km2 (12 sq mi) [1] |
Maximum length | 13 km (8.1 mi) |
Normal elevation | 757 m (2,484 ft) |
Devegeçidi Dam is one of the 22 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey, Diyarbakır. It is near Diyarbakır on a branch of the Tigris river. [2] It was constructed for irrigation purposes between 1965 and 1972.