Çine Dam is a dam in
Aydın province
Aydın Province ( tr, ) is a province of southwestern Turkey, located in the Aegean Region. The provincial capital is the city of Aydın which has a population of almost 200,000 (2012). Other towns in the province include the summer seaside re ...
in western
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 ...
, about
SSE of the town of
Çine
Çine is a town and a district of Aydın Province, in the Aegean region of Turkey, from the city of Aydın, on the road to Muğla.
History
Throughout the ages this area has belonged to the Ionians, Caria, Lydians, Persia, Ancient Rome and ...
. The development was backed by the
Turkish State Hydraulic Works. It is the first major roller compacted concrete dam in Turkey. At its height of 136.5 m,
Çine Adnan Menderes Dam & HEPP
Su-Yapı Engineering and Consulting Inc.. Retrieved 21 July 2023. Çine Dam is one of the highest dams in the world.
See also
*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
* Afşar Dam, Manisa
* Akdeğirmen Dam, Afyonkarahisar
* Akgedik Dam, Muğla
...
References
DSI directory
State Hydraulic Works (Turkey)
The State Hydraulic Works ( tr, Devlet Su İşleri) is a state agency, under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Turkey, responsible for the utilization of all the country's water resources. The institution's four major functions are ene ...
. Archived 4 March 2016.
Dams in Aydın Province
Hydroelectric power stations in Turkey
Dams completed in 2010
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