Palandöken Dam is a rock-fill
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 ...
on the
Lezgi River near
Çat
Çat () is a municipality and district of Erzurum Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,448 km2, and its population is 15,556 (2022). The mayor is Arif Hikmet Kiliç ( CHP).
Composition
There are 45 neighbourhoods in Çat District: in
Erzurum Province
Erzurum Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Its area is 25,006 km2, and its population is 749,754 (2022). The capital of the province is the city of Erzurum. It is the fourth lar ...
,
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 ...
. Constructed between 1985 and 1988, the development was backed by the
Turkish State Hydraulic Works. The purpose of the dam is irrigation and it provides water for up to of land.
See also
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List of dams and reservoirs in Turkey
Below is a partial list of dams in Turkey separated by region.
Aegean Region
There are 45 dams in the Aegean Region, western part of Turkey.
* Adıgüzel Dam, Denizli
* AfÅŸar Dam, Manisa
* AkdeÄŸirmen Dam, Afyonkarahisar
* Akgedik Dam, MuÄŸla
* ...
References
Dams in Erzurum Province
Rock-filled dams
Dams completed in 2001
2001 establishments in Turkey
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