Devegeçidi Dam
Devegeçidi Dam is one of the 22 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey, Diyarbakır. It is near Diyarbakır on a branch of the Tigris river. It was constructed for irrigation purposes between 1965 and 1972.- Type: Dam
- Description: embankment dam
- Also known as: “Barrage de Devegecidi” and “Devegecidi Baraji”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avcısuyu and Alangör.
Alangör
Village
Alangör is a neighbourhood in the municipality and… Alangör is situated 4 km north of Devegeçidi Dam.
Sarıyatak
Village
Sarıyatak is a neighbourhood in the municipality and… Sarıyatak is situated 4 km southeast of Devegeçidi Dam.
Devegeçidi Dam
- Category: embankment dam
- Location: Bingöl Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
38.06202° or 38° 3′ 43″ north
Longitude
39.98556° or 39° 59′ 8″ east
Elevation
751 metres (2,464 feet)
Open location code
8GCX3X6P+R6
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Devegeçidi Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Devegeçidi Barajı”
- Dutch: “Devegeçidi Dam”
- French: “barrage de Devegeçidi”
- French: “Barrage de Devegeçidi”
- German: “Devegeçidi-Talsperre”
- Hungarian: “Devegeçidi-gát”
- Italian: “diga di Devegeçidi”
- Italian: “Diga di Devegeçidi”
- Turkish: “Devegeçidi Barajı”
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