Gördes Dam | |
Name Official: | Gördes Baraji |
Location Map: | Turkey |
Coordinates: | 38.7617°N 28.0564°W |
Country: | Turkey |
Location: | Gölmarmara, Manisa Province |
Status: | O |
Construction Began: | 1998 |
Opening: | 2009 |
Owner: | Turkish State Hydraulic Works |
Dam Type: | Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill |
Dam Height Thalweg: | 82.90NaN0 |
Dam Height Foundation: | 950NaN0 |
Dam Length: | 5470NaN0 |
Dam Width Crest: | 80NaN0 |
Dam Volume: | 55000000NaN0 |
Dam Crosses: | Gördes River |
Spillway Type: | Chute |
Res Capacity Total: | 4485000000NaN0[1] |
Res Surface: | 140NaN0 |
The Gördes Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Gördes River located 130NaN0 northeast of Gölmarmara in Manisa Province, Turkey. It was constructed between 1998 and 2009 by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works.[2] The primary purpose of the dam is water supply. It provides drinking water for the city of Manisa while also irrigating 192600NaN0.[3]