Ilısu Dam
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Opened | July 2019 |
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Locations | Dargeçit |
Mardin Province | |
Turkey | |
Maximum water depth | 126. 8 m (416 ft) |
Construction cost | 1. 7 billion USD |
Spillway capacity | 18,000 m3/s (635,664 cu ft/s) |
Active capacity | 7,460,000,000 m3 (6,050,000 acre⋅ft) |
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ID | 1108392 |
About Ilısu Dam
The Ilısu Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Tigris near the village of Ilısu and along the border of Mardin and Şırnak Provinces in Turkey. It is one of the 22 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project and its purpose is hydroelectric power production, flood control and water storage.