Devegeçidi Dam | |
Name Official: | Devegeçidi Baraji |
Dam Crosses: | Furtaksa River |
Location: | Diyarbakır, Turkey |
Dam Type: | Embankment, rock-fill |
Dam Length: | 66900NaN0 |
Dam Height: | 330NaN0 |
Dam Elevation Crest: | 7590NaN0 |
Dam Width Crest: | 80NaN0 |
Dam Width Base: | 1350NaN0 |
Dam Volume: | 32000000NaN0 |
Spillway Type: | Service overflow, controlled-chute |
Spillway Capacity: | 26000NaN0 |
Purpose: | Irrigation |
Status: | O |
Construction Began: | 1965 |
Opening: | 1972 |
Owner: | State Hydraulic Works |
Res Name: | Devegeçidi Reservoir |
Res Capacity Total: | 219000000m2 |
Res Capacity Active: | 212000000m2 |
Res Capacity Inactive: | 7000000m2 |
Res Elevation: | 757m (2,484feet) |
Res Max Length: | 13km (08miles) |
Res Surface: | 30km2[1] |
Res Catchment: | 15780NaN0 |
Location Map: | Turkey |
Coordinates: | 38.0569°N 39.9861°W |
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.