Palandöken Dam | |
Name Official: | Palandöken Baraji |
Location Map: | Turkey |
Coordinates: | 39.6572°N 41.0219°W |
Country: | Turkey |
Location: | Çat |
Status: | O |
Construction Began: | 1994 |
Opening: | 2001 |
Owner: | Turkish State Hydraulic Works |
Dam Type: | Embankment, rock-fill with clay-core |
Dam Height: | 490NaN0 |
Dam Volume: | 5000000NaN0 |
Dam Crosses: | Lezgi River |
Res Capacity Total: | 2280000000NaN0 |
Res Surface: | 500NaN0 |
Palandöken Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Lezgi River near Çat in Erzurum Province, Turkey. Constructed between 1985 and 1988, the development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works. The purpose of the dam is irrigation and it provides water for up to 116780NaN0 of land.[1]