Kılıçkaya Dam is a dam located 25 km north of town of Suşehri 158 km northeast of Sivas city in center east of Turkey and located on the Kelkit, a tributary of the Yeşilırmak River which flows down along a large fault in the north east Anatolia than runs into the Black Sea.

Kılıçkaya Dam
Map
Interactive map of Kılıçkaya Dam
Official nameKılıçkaya Barajı (Turkish)
CountryTurkey
LocationKelkit River, Sivas Province[1]
Coordinates40°14′N 38°11′E / 40.233°N 38.183°E / 40.233; 38.183
PurposeMulti-purpose
Construction began1980
Opening date1989[2] or 1990[1][3]
OperatorElektrik Uretim AS[3]
Dam and spillways
Type of damRock-fill dam
Height (thalweg)135 m[3]
Width (crest)405 m[3]
Dam volume6 900 000 m³
S7,800 m³/s
Reservoir
Total capacity1400 billion m³[1]
Surface area64 km²[1]
139 m³/s
Power Station
Installed capacity124 MW[1]
Annual generation332 000 mwh/year[1]

Geology in the river basin, where many landslides can be observed, is of sedimentary formation.[citation needed]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Devlet Su İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü: Kılıçkaya Barajı ve Hidroelektrik Santrali" (in Turkish). General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018.
  2. "KILICKAYA DAM (KILIÇKAYA BARAJI)". General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works. Archived from the original on 28 April 2002.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Hydroelectric Power Plants in Northern Turkey". 28 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)