- Altınkaya Dam
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dam_name= Altınkaya Dam
caption= Altınkaya Dam
official_name= Altınkaya Dam
crosses=Kızılırmak
reservoir=Lake Altınkaya Dam
locale=Samsun ,Turkey
maint= State Hydraulic Works (DSİ)
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height= convert|195|m|ft|abbr=on
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began= 1980
open= 1988
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extra=The Altınkaya Dam is a rock-fill dam for
irrigation andhydro power purposes, located on the River Kızılırmak, 23 km south ofBafra and 35 km west ofSamsun in northernTurkey . It feeds Lake of Derbent.Having a dam volume of 15,920,000 m³, Altınkaya Dam was completed in 1986. 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 4x175=700 MW giving an annual electricity production of 1,632 GWh. [ [http://www.dsi.gov.tr/baraj/detay.cfm?BarajID=112 Devlet Su İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü] tr]
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