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Menzelet_Dam Latitude and Longitude:

37°40′34″N 36°51′03″E / 37.6761°N 36.8508°E / 37.6761; 36.8508
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Menzelet Dam
Location Turkey
Coordinates 37°40′34″N 36°51′03″E / 37.6761°N 36.8508°E / 37.6761; 36.8508
Construction began1980
Opening date1989
Dam and spillways
Impounds Ceyhan River
Height151 m (495 ft)
Dam volume8,700,000 m3 (11,379,170 cu yd)
Reservoir
Total capacity1,950,000,000 m3 (1,580,891 acre⋅ft)
Surface area42 km2 (16 sq mi)
Power Station
Installed capacity124 MW
Annual generation515 GWh

Menzelet Dam is an embankment dam on the Ceyhan River in Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works.

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