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Oymapinar Dam 
Location Antalya Province, Turkey Coordinates 36°54′N 31°32′E / 36.9°N 31.533°E Opening date 1984 Dam and spillways Height 185 m Impounds Manavgat River Reservoir Capacity 676 000 m³ Surface area 4.7 km² Oymapinar Dam is an arch dam built on the Manavgat river in Turkey in 1984. It is an arch dam in design, 185 m in height, built to generate hydroelectric power.[1]
Oymapınar Dam is located 12 km north of Manavgat Waterfall. It is an artificial, freshwater dam with a capacity of 300 million cubic meters.[2] It is 23 km upstream of Manavgat town 40 km east of city of Antalya in southern Turkey and located on the Manavgat River which runs into the Mediterranean.
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Description
The dam has four underground turbines with a total capacity of 540 megawatts. When built in 1984 it was the third largest dam in Turkey. As more dams have been built, it is the fifth largest.[2]
Because of the arch design, the force of water pushing against the dam compacts the dam and strengthens it. The weight of the dam structure pushs it down firmly into the underlying rock. This design is ideal for dams built in rocky narrow gorges.[3]
Construction
The dam was built by Bilfinger Berger and completed in 1984[4].
Technical Data
- Purpose - Energy
- Embankment type - Concrete arch
- Storage volume - 300 billion m3
- Crest length - 454 m
- Spillway - 2,800 m³/s
- Bottomoutlet - 350 m³/s
- Power - 540 MW
- Annual production - 1620 000 mwh/year
Gallery
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Oymapinar Dam. Photo by Dalius Baranauskas
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Oymapinar Dam. Photo by Dalius Baranauskas
References
- ^ "Oymapinar Dam". Internet Database and Gallery of Structures. http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0003770. Retrieved 2006-11-19.
- ^ a b "Oymapinar Dam". Turkey Odyessy. http://www.turkishodyssey.com/places/medit/medit3.htm. Retrieved 2006-11-19.
- ^ "Arch dam: Forces". PBS.org. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/dam/arch_forces.html. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
- ^ Bilfinger Berger Corporate history animation
External links
Categories:- Dams in Turkey
- Arch dams
- Hydroelectric power stations in Turkey
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