Keban Dam

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Keban Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam in eastern Turkey that forms one of the largest reservoirs on the Euphrates River.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Haditha Dam 1
Keban Reservoir 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arch dam
concrete arch-gravity dam
flood-control dam
hydroelectric dam
commissioningDate 1975
constructionMethod concrete arch-gravity construction
constructionStartDate 1966
continent Asia
country Turkey
crestElevation 845 m above sea level
designedBy Turkish engineers
designedWithAssistanceFrom foreign engineering firms
hasFunction regulates Euphrates River flow
hasImpact created one of the largest reservoirs in Turkey
required resettlement of local populations
submerged archaeological sites
height 210 m
installedCapacity 1,330 MW
length 1,097 m
locatedIn Elazığ Province
Turkey
locatedInCountrySubdivision Bingöl Province
Malatya Province
Tunceli Province
locatedInRegion eastern Turkey
surface form: Eastern Anatolia
locatedOnRiver Euphrates River NERFINISHED
nearestCity Keban
nearestMajorCity Elazığ NERFINISHED
numberOfTurbines 8
openingDate 1974
operator State Hydraulic Works of Turkey
owner State Hydraulic Works of Turkey
partOf Southeastern Anatolia Project
plantType conventional hydroelectric power plant
primaryPurpose flood control
hydroelectric power generation
reservoirCatchmentArea 64,100 km²
reservoirName Keban Lake
Keban Dam self-linksurface differs
surface form: Keban Reservoir
reservoirSurfaceArea 675 km²
reservoirTotalCapacity 30.6 km³
riverBasin Euphrates–Tigris basin NERFINISHED
secondaryPurpose irrigation support
navigation regulation
spillwayType gated overflow spillway
status operational
turbineType Francis turbine
watercourse Upper Euphrates NERFINISHED

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Euphrates hasDam Keban Dam
Euphrates hasDam Keban Dam
this entity surface form: Haditha Dam
Keban Dam reservoirName Keban Dam self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Keban Reservoir