Karakaya Dam
The Karakaya Dam is one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey, 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.- Dam
- …lies at an elevation of 158 metres (518 feet)
- …is also known as “Karakaya Baraji”
- …is operated by DSİ
- …stands 173 metres (568 feet) tall
- Description: dam in Euphrates, Turkey
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Karakaya Dam
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Latitude
38.22581° or 38° 13′ 33″ north
Longitude
39.13486° or 39° 8′ 6″ east
Open location code
8GCX64GM+8W
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Karakaya Dam” goes by many names.
سد قرة قياArabic
سد قره قياArabic
سد كاراكاياArabic
Քարաքայա ջրամբարArmenian
Qaraqaya SESAzerbaijani
Ҡараҡая плотинаһыBashkir
Плаціна КаракаяBelarusian
Presa de KarakayaCatalan
Karkaya Baraj GövdesiCebuano
卡拉卡雅水壩Chinese
KarakayadamDutch
KarakayastuwmeerDutch
سد كاراكاياEgyptian Arabic
ქარაქაიას კაშხალიGeorgian
Karakaya BarajıHungarian
Karakaya-gátHungarian
Bendungan KarakayaIndonesian
Diga di KarakayaItalian
Karakaya-TalsperrKölsch
Bendava QereqeyayêKurdish
بەنداڤا قەرەقەیایێKurdish
Diga ta‘ KarakayaMaltese
KarakayademningenNorwegian
Karakaya-demningenNorwegian Bokmål
Плотина КаракаяRussian
Jez KarakajaSlovenian
jez KarakayaSlovenian
Karakaya BarajıTurkish
Karakaya Barajı ve Hidroelektrik SantraliTurkish
Karakaya HESTurkish
Karkaya Baraj GövdesiTurkish
Гребля КаракаяUkrainian
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