Menzelet Dam

Menzelet Dam
Location	Turkey
Coordinates	37.6761°N 36.8508°E / 37.6761; 36.8508
Construction began	1980
Opening date	1989
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Ceyhan River
Height	151 m (495 ft)
Dam volume	8,700,000 m^3 (11,379,170 cu yd)
Reservoir
Total capacity	1,950,000,000 m^3 (1,580,891 acre⋅ft)
Surface area	42 km^2 (16 sq mi)
Power Station
Installed capacity	124 MW
Annual generation	515 GWh

Menzelet Dam is an embankment dam on the Ceyhan River in Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works.

See also

• List of dams and reservoirs in Turkey

References

• DSI, State Hydraulic Works (Turkey), Retrieved December 16, 2009