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Zernek Dam

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Official name
  
Zernek Baraji

Status
  
Operational

Impounds
  
Hoşap River

Construction began
  
1980

Country
  
Turkey

Opening date
  
1988

Owner
  
State Hydraulic Works

Zernek Dam

Type of dam
  
Embankment, rock-fill with clay core

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Zernek Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Hoşap River, located 28 km (17 mi) southeast of Van in Van Province, Turkey. It was built between 1980 and 1988 and has an installed capacity of 5 MW.

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References

Zernek Dam Wikipedia