Karakaya Dam

The Karakaya Dam is one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of , built on the Euphrates River and completed in 1987. The hydroelectric dam generates power with six units of 300 MW, totalling the installed capacity to 1,800 MW.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Euphrates, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Embalse de Karakaya”, “Karakaya Baraji”, “Karakaya HES”, “Karakaya-demningen”, “Karakayastuwmeer”, and “سد قرة قيا”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karakaya and Handere.

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Karakaya Dam

Latitude
38.22581° or 38° 13′ 33″ north
Longitude
39.13486° or 39° 8′ 6″ east
Elevation
656 metres (2,152 feet)
Height
173 metres (568 feet)
Operator
DSİ
Open location code
8GCX64GM+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 172034736
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
7470156
Wiki­data ID
Q152556
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Karakaya Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد قره قيا”
  • Armenian: “Քարաքայա ջրամբար”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qaraqaya SES”
  • Bashkir: “Ҡараҡая плотинаһы”
  • Belarusian: “Плаціна Каракая”
  • Catalan: “Presa de Karakaya”
  • Cebuano: “Karkaya Baraj Gövdesi”
  • Chinese: “卡拉卡雅水壩”
  • Dutch: “Karakayadam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد كاراكايا”
  • French: “barrage de Karakaya”
  • French: “Barrage de Karakaya”
  • Georgian: “ქარაქაიას კაშხალი”
  • German: “Karakaya-Talsperre”
  • German: “Q152556”
  • Hungarian: “Karakaya-gát”
  • Italian: “diga di Karakaya”
  • Italian: “Diga di Karakaya”
  • Kölsch: “Karakaya-Talsperr”
  • Kurdish: “Bendava Qereqeyayê”
  • Kurdish: “بەنداڤا قەرەقەیایێ”
  • Maltese: “Diga ta‘ Karakaya”
  • Maltese: “Diga ta’ Karakaya”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karakayademningen”
  • Norwegian: “Karakayademningen”
  • Russian: “Плотина Каракая”
  • Slovenian: “Jez Karakaja”
  • Slovenian: “jez Karakaya”
  • Spanish: “Presa de Karakaya”
  • Turkish: “Karakaya Barajı ve Hidroelektrik Santrali”
  • Turkish: “Karakaya Barajı”
  • Turkish: “Karkaya Baraj Gövdesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Гребля Каракая”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: mezra ? and Konurtay.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Karakaya Hidroelektrik Santrali and Karakaya HES 380kV TM.

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