Devegeçidi Dam is one of the 22 dams of the
Southeastern Anatolia Project
The Southeastern Anatolia Project (, GAP) is a multi-sector integrated regional development project based on the concept of sustainable development for the 9 million people (2023) living in the Southeastern Anatolia Region, Turkey, Southeastern An ...
of
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
,
Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province.
Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, it is ...
. It is near
Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province.
Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, it is ...
on a branch of the
Tigris
The Tigris ( ; see #Etymology, below) is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian Desert, Syrian and Arabia ...
river.
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''Sinodiaptomus sarsi (Rylov, 1923) (Copepoda, Calanoida) in Turkey''
/ref> It was constructed for irrigation purposes between 1965 and 1972.
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External links
www.gap.gov.tr - Official GAP web site
Dams in Diyarbakır Province
Southeastern Anatolia Project
Buildings and structures in Diyarbakır
Dams completed in 1972
Rock-filled dams
Dams in the Tigris River basin
Important Bird Areas of Turkey
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