Kılıçkaya Dam

Dam in Kelkit River, Sivas Province

40°14′N 38°11′E / 40.233°N 38.183°E / 40.233; 38.183PurposeMulti-purposeConstruction began1980Opening date1989^[2] or 1990^[1]^[3]Operator(s)Elektrik Uretim AS^[3]Dam and spillwaysType of damRock-fill damHeight (thalweg)135 m^[3]Width (crest)405 m^[3]Dam volume6 900 000 m³Spillway volumetric flow rate7,800 m³/sReservoirTotal capacity1400 billion m³^[1]Surface area64 km²^[1]Spillway volumetric flow rate139 m³/sInstalled capacity124 MW^[1]Annual generation332 000 mwh/year^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Devlet Su İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü: Kılıçkaya Barajı ve Hidroelektrik Santrali" (in Turkish). General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018.
^ "KILICKAYA DAM (KILIÇKAYA BARAJI)". General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works. Archived from the original on 28 April 2002.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Hydroelectric Power Plants in Northern Turkey". 28 November 2021. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013.