Birecik Dam

Birecik Dam

Birecik Dam is one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey,is located on the Euphrates river 60 km downstream of Atatürk Dam and 8 km upstream of Birecik town 80 km west of Province of Şanlıurfa in the southeastern region of Turkey
It was purposed for irrigation and energy production.
There is a hydroelectric power plant, established in 2001, at the dam, with a power output of 672MW (six facilities at 112MW each) will generate an average of 2.5 billion kWh per year.
The Birecik dam is a structure constituted of a concrete gravity and clay core sandgravel fill with a height of 62.5 m from the foundation.
:The total catchment area is about 100,000km²The Birecik project will be realized under the status of Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model.

External links and sources

* [http://www.gap.gov.tr www.gap.gov.tr - Official GAP web site]
* [http://www.un.org.tr/undp/Gap.htm www.un.org.tr/undp/Gap.htm - United Nations] Southeast Anatolia Sustainable Human Development Program (GAP)
* [http://www.gapturkiye.gen.tr/english/current.html www.gapturkiye.gen.tr/english/current.html] Current status of GAP as of june 2000
* [http://www.ecgd.gov.uk/eiar_s2.pdf www.ecgd.gov.uk] Data sheet


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