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Devegeçidi Dam

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Official name
  
Devegeçidi Baraji

Purpose
  
Irrigation

Opening date
  
1972

Owner
  
State Hydraulic Works

Location
  
Diyarbakır, Turkey

Status
  
Operational

Type of dam
  
Embankment, rock-fill

Construction began
  
1965

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Similar
  
Kralkızı Dam, Dicle Dam, Kozan Dam, Adıgüzel Dam, Batman Dam

Devegeçidi Dam is one of the 22 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey, Diyarbakır. It is near Diyarbakır on a branch of the Tigris river. It was constructed for irrigation purposes between 1965 and 1972.

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References

Devegeçidi Dam Wikipedia