Sarıyar Dam is a dam north of the town of
Sarıyar in the
Nallıhan district of
Ankara Province
Ankara Province ( tr, , ) is a province of Turkey with the capital city Ankara.
Demographics
History
The site of the modern city has been home to settlements by many historic Anatolian civilizations in antiquity and classical times, in ...
. It is west of the city of
Ankara
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, mak ...
, the central Anatolian capital of
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
. It is also located upstream of
Gökçekaya Dam on the
Sakarya River
The Sakarya (Sakara River, tr, Sakarya Irmağı; gr, Σαγγάριος, translit=Sangarios; Latin: ''Sangarius'') is the third longest river in Turkey. It runs through the region known in ancient times as Phrygia. It was considered one of th ...
, which runs into the
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, ...
. It was completed in 1956. The total power output from the hydroelectric facility is 160 MW (four facilities of 40 MW each).
Sources
Structurae: Sariyar DamResearchgate.net: The technical features of Goekcekaya Sariyar and Yenice Dam Lakes
Dams in Ankara Province
Hydroelectric power stations in Turkey
Dams completed in 1956
Energy infrastructure completed in 1956
Gravity dams
Dams in Eskişehir Province
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