Coordinates: 38°04′04″N 38°18′45″E / 38.06778°N 38.31250°E / 38.06778; 38.31250

Çat Dam

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Çat Dam
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Official nameÇat Baraji
CountryTurkey
LocationÇelikhan
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StatusOperational
Construction began1985
Opening date2002
OwnerTurkish State Hydraulic Works
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment
ImpoundsAbdülharap River
Height64.5 m (212 ft)
Dam volume2,500,000 m3 (2,027 acre⋅ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity240,000,000 m3 (194,571 acre⋅ft)
Surface area14.3 km2 (6 mi2)

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The Çat Dam is an embankment dam on the Abdülharap River, located near Çelikhan in Adıyaman Province, Turkey. Constructed between 1985 and 2002, the development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works. The purpose of the dam is irrigation and it provides water for up to 21,464 ha (53,039 acres) of land.[1][2]

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