Official name Devegeçidi Baraji Purpose Irrigation Opening date 1972 Owner State Hydraulic Works | 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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