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Büyükçekmece Dam
Büyükçekmece Dam ( tr, Büyükçekmece Barajı) is a dam on the Lake Büyükçekmece in Büyükçekmece district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. The development was backed by the State Hydraulic Works (Turkey), Turkish State Hydraulic Works (DSİ), and was opened in 1988. Büyükçekmece Dam was built to supply residential water to Istanbul. The construction started in 1983, and the dam was completed in 1988. Water supply from the dam's reservoir went into service in 1989. It is located in Büyükçekmece district on the European part of Istanbul on the Lake Büyükçekmece, which is formed by disconnecting the stream Sarısu's outflow to the Marmara Sea. It is an earth-fill Dam#Embankment dams, embarkment dam of height. The dam's catchment area is . The reservoir has a capacity of covering a surface of at normal pool. The reservoir water is sanitated before it is supplied to the households. Annual water supply capacity of the dam is . See also *List of dams and reservoirs in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Büyükçekmece
Lake Büyükçekmece ( tr, Büyükçekmece Gölü) is a Liman (landform), liman formed at the point where the river Karasudere flows into the Marmara Sea. The lake is located south of the Çatalca district, west of Istanbul, Turkey. It is used as a freshwater reservoir. The lake's bar (landform), bar was reinforced in 1988 by a Büyükçekmece Dam, dam. The area of the lake is , and is long and wide. The maximum depth is , following deepening carried out by the State Hydraulic Works (Turkey), State Hydraulic Works. The fluvial lake developed as the flow of Karasudere, and as it came downwards from Çatalca it was blocked off and formed by the resulting sandbank it created. A reedy, brackish salt-water lake exists between the Büyükçekmece Dam and the Sea of Marmara, Marmara Sea. Another lagoon, Lake Küçükçekmece, is located around east of Lake Büyükçekmece. The number of fish species observed in the lake has decreased from 30 in the past to 15 currently. A historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |