Yenice Dam

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Yenice Dam
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Location of Yenice Dam in Turkey
Country Turkey
Location Yenice
Coordinates 40°03′49.84″N30°51′26.33″E / 40.0638444°N 30.8573139°E / 40.0638444; 30.8573139 Coordinates: 40°03′49.84″N30°51′26.33″E / 40.0638444°N 30.8573139°E / 40.0638444; 30.8573139
Construction began 1985
Opening date 2000
Dam and spillways
Impounds Sakarya River
Length 41 m (135 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity 57,600,000 m3 (46,700 acre⋅ft)
Power Station
Installed capacity 38 MW

Yenice Dam is a dam on the Sakarya River near Yenice on the border of Eskişehir and Ankara Province, Turkey. It houses a 38 MW hydroelectric power station. It was constructed between 1985 and 2000. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works.

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.

Yenice, Nallıhan is a village in the District of Nallıhan, Ankara Province, Turkey.

Eskişehir Province Province of Turkey in Central Anatolia

Eskişehir Province Eskişehir's province population is 844,842. Eskişehir's urban population is 734,837. Eskişehir is a province in northwestern Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Bilecik to the northwest, Kütahya to the west, Afyon to the southwest, Konya to the south, Ankara to the east, and Bolu to the north. The provincial capital is Eskişehir. Most of the province is laid down in Central Anatolia Region. Northern parts of Mihalıççık district and ones of Mihalgazi and Sarıcakaya are located in the Black Sea Region and one of them belong to the Aegean Region.

See also

Gökçekaya Dam dam

Gökçekaya Dam is 43 km (27 mi) north of Alpu town 45 km (28 mi) east of province of Eskişehir in central Turkey and located 60 km (37 mi) downstream of Sarıyar Dam on the Sakarya River which runs into the Black Sea. The Yenice Dam is located downstream.

Sarıyar Dam gravity dam

Sarıyar Dam is a dam 23 kilometres (14 mi) north of the town of Sarıyar in the Nallıhan district of Ankara Province. It is 125 kilometres (78 mi) west of the city of Ankara, the central Anatolian capital of Turkey. It is also located 60 kilometres (37 mi) upstream of Gökçekaya Dam on the Sakarya River, which runs into the Black Sea. It was completed in 1956. The total power output from the hydroelectric facility is 160 MW.

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