Borçka Dam
Borçka Dam is a dam on the Çoruh River 1.5 km south-east of Borçka in Artvin Province, Turkey. It was built between 1999 and 2006.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam
- Also known as: “Borcka Baraji” and “Borçka Barajı”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Borçka and Taraklı.
Borçka
Town
Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Borçka is a town in Artvin Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, on the border with Georgia. It is the seat of Borçka District. Its population is 11,409.
Taraklı
Village
Taraklı is a village in the Borçka District, Artvin Province, Turkey. Its population is 220.
Arkaköy
Village
Arkaköy is a village in the Borçka District, Artvin Province, Turkey. Its population is 256.
Borçka Dam
- Categories: hydroelectric power station and building
- Location: Borçka İlçesi, Artvin Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
41.34946° or 41° 20′ 58″ northLongitude
41.68579° or 41° 41′ 9″ eastElevation
249 metres (817 feet)Open location code
8HH38MXP+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
way 96569113OpenStreetMap feature
building=damOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damGeoNames ID
10997301Wikidata ID
Q256099
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Borçka Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Borçka Barajı”
- Czech: “Borçkská přehradní nádrž”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد بورشكا”
- French: “barrage de Borçka”
- French: “Barrage de Borçka”
- German: “Borçka-Talsperre”
- Italian: “diga di Borçka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Borçkademningen”
- Norwegian: “Borçkademningen”
- Russian: “Борчка ГЭС”
- Turkish: “Borçka Barajı ve Hidroelektrik Santrali”
- Turkish: “Borçka Barajı”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Borçka”
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