Gürsöğüt Dam

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Gürsöğüt Dam
Location Turkey
Construction began 2000
Opening date 2009
Dam and spillways
Impounds Sakarya River
Height 130 m (427 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity 103,000,000 m3 (83,503 acre⋅ft)
Surface area 30 km2 (12 sq mi)
Power Station
Installed capacity 242 MW
Annual generation 276 GWh

Gürsöğüt Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Sakarya River in Ankara Province, Turkey. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 242 MW power station.

Embankment dam large artificial dam

An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil, sand, clay, or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface and a dense, impervious core. This makes such a dam impervious to surface or seepage erosion. Such a dam is composed of fragmented independent material particles. The friction and interaction of particles binds the particles together into a stable mass rather than by the use of a cementing substance.

Sakarya River river in Turkey

The Sakarya is the third longest river in Turkey. It runs through what in ancient times was known as Phrygia.

Ankara Province Province of Turkey in West Anatolia

Ankara Province is the capital province of Turkey.

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