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Menzelet Dam

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Location
  
Turkey

Impounds
  
Ceyhan River

Construction began
  
1980

Opening date
  
1989

Height
  
151 m (495 ft)

Impound
  
Ceyhan River

Menzelet Dam photoswikimapiaorgp0004187852bigjpg

Dam volume
  
8,700,000 m (11,379,170 cu yd)

Total capacity
  
1,950,000,000 m (1,580,891 acre·ft)

Similar
  
Kılavuzlu Dam, Sır Dam, Aslantaş Dam, Adıgüzel Dam, Özlüce Dam

Menzelet Dam is an embankment dam on the Ceyhan River in Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works.

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References

Menzelet Dam Wikipedia