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Özlüce Dam

Özlüce Dam
Özlüce Dam is located in Turkey
Özlüce Dam
Location of Özlüce Dam in Turkey
Official name Özlüce Baraji
Country Turkey
Location Yayladere
Coordinates 39°07′47″N 40°05′16″E / 39.12972°N 40.08778°E / 39.12972; 40.08778Coordinates: 39°07′47″N 40°05′16″E / 39.12972°N 40.08778°E / 39.12972; 40.08778
Status Operational
Construction began 1992
Opening date 2000
Owner(s) Turkish State Hydraulic Works
Dam and spillways
Impounds Peri River
Height 144 m (472 ft)
Dam volume 14,600,000 m3 (19,096,079 cu yd)
Reservoir
Total capacity 1,075,000,000 m3 (871,517 acre·ft)
Surface area 26 km2 (10 sq mi)
Power station
Turbines 2 x 100 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity 200 MW
Annual generation 413 GWh

Özlüce Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Peri River (a tributary of the Euphrates), located 10 km (6 mi) south of Yayladere in Bingöl Province, Turkey. Its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation and is the third dam in the Peri River cascade. Constructed between 1992 and 2000, the development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works.



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