Birecik Dam

Birecik Dam is one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey,is located on the Euphrates river 60 km downstream of Atatürk Dam and 8 km upstream of Birecik town 80 km west of Province of Şanlıurfa in the southeastern region of Turkey
It was purposed for irrigation and energy production.
There is a hydroelectric power plant, established in 2001, at the dam, with a power output of 672MW (six facilities at 112MW each) will generate an average of 2.5 billion kWh per year.
The Birecik dam is a structure constituted of a concrete gravity and clay core sandgravel fill with a height of 62.5 m from the foundation.
:The total catchment area is about 100,000km²The Birecik project will be realized under the status of Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model.

External links and sources

* [http://www.gap.gov.tr www.gap.gov.tr - Official GAP web site]
* [http://www.un.org.tr/undp/Gap.htm www.un.org.tr/undp/Gap.htm - United Nations] Southeast Anatolia Sustainable Human Development Program (GAP)
* [http://www.gapturkiye.gen.tr/english/current.html www.gapturkiye.gen.tr/english/current.html] Current status of GAP as of june 2000
* [http://www.ecgd.gov.uk/eiar_s2.pdf www.ecgd.gov.uk] Data sheet