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Menzelet Dam
Menzelet Dam is an embankment dam An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface and ... on the Ceyhan River in Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. The development was backed by the State Hydraulic Works (Turkey), Turkish State Hydraulic Works. See also *List of dams and reservoirs in Turkey ReferencesDSI State Hydraulic Works (Turkey), Retrieved December 16, 2009 Dams in Kahramanmaraş Province Hydroelectric power stations in Turkey Dams completed in 1989 Dams on the Ceyhan River {{Turkey-powerstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceyhan River
The Ceyhan River (historically Pyramos or Pyramus ( el, Πύραμος), Leucosyrus ( el, Λευκόσυρος) or Jihun) is a river in Anatolia in the south of Turkey. Course of the river The Ceyhan River (Pyramus) has its source (known as ''Söğütlü Dere'') at a location called ''Pınarbaşı'' on the Nurhak Mountains of the Eastern Taurus Mountains range, southeast of the town of Elbistan in the Kahramanmaraş province of Turkey. According to classical references its source is at Cataonia near the town of Arabissus. Its main tributaries are called Harman, Göksun, Mağara Gözü, Fırnız, Tekir, Körsulu, Aksu (which joins Ceyhan at the outskirts of Kahramanmaraş), Çakur, Susas, and Çeperce. Its total length is . In classical times for a time it passed under ground, but then came forward again as a navigable river, and forced its way through a glen of Mount Taurus, which in some parts was so narrow that Strabo claims a dog or hare could leap across it. Its cours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
