Kılıçkaya Dam Explained

Kılıçkaya Dam
Country:Turkey
Location:Kelkit River, Sivas Province[1]
Purpose:Multi-purpose
Construction Began:1980
Opening:1989[2] or 1990
Operator:Elektrik Uretim AS
Dam Type:H
Dam Height Thalweg:135 m
Dam Width Crest:405 m[3]
Dam Volume:6 900 000 m³
Spillway Volumetric Flow Rate:7,800 m³/s
Res Capacity Total:1400 billion m³
Res Surface:64 km²
Lower Spillway Volumetric Flow Rate:139 m³/s
Plant Capacity:124 MW
Plant Annual Gen:332 000 mwh/year

Kılıçkaya Dam is a dam located 25 km north of town of Suşehri 158 km northeast of Sivas city in center east of Turkey and located on the Kelkit, a tributary of the Yeşilırmak River which flows down along a large fault in the north east Anatolia than runs into the Black Sea.

Geology in the river basin, where many landslides can be observed, is of sedimentary formation.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 25 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180225192938/http://www2.dsi.gov.tr/baraj/detay.cfm?BarajID=136. Devlet Su İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü: Kılıçkaya Barajı ve Hidroelektrik Santrali. dead. tr. General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works.
  2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20020428143940/http://www.dsi.gov.tr/tricold/denei.htm. 28 April 2002. en. KILICKAYA DAM (KILIÇKAYA BARAJI). dead. General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works.
  3. Web site: Hydroelectric Power Plants in Northern Turkey. https://archive.today/20130103131922/http://www.industcards.com/hydro-turkey-north.htm . 3 January 2013. 28 November 2021.