Altinkaya Lake

General data

Name: Altinkaya Lake
Basin: Kızılırmak river
Water type: Artificial lake
Progression: Kızılırmak river -> Black sea -> Mediterranean Sea -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Subtropical
Continents: Asia
Countries: Turkey

Description

Altınkaya Lake is formed by the Altınkaya Dam on the Kızılırmak River. Altınkaya Dam is a rock-fill dam for irrigation and hydro power, 23 km south of Bafra and 35 km west of Samsun in northern Turkey. It feeds Lake Derbent. Having a dam volume of 15,920,000 m³, Altınkaya Dam was completed in 1988. It has a storage volume of 5,763 billion m³ in a reservoir area at normal water surface elevation of 118 km2. Total power from the facility is 4 x 175 MW, for an installed capacity of 700 MW giving an annual electricity production of 1,630 GWh.

Altinkaya Lake

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