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Dossier #7352 · GRanD 7106

Silvan

🇹🇷Turkey · Kulp River · Tigris Basin · near Diyarbakir

Built 2016 · Dam · data quality: Unreliable

IrrigationHydroelectricityFlood control

Specifications

Height
174 m
Crest length
440 m
Reservoir capacity
7 km³
Reservoir area
135 km²
Average depth
51.9 m
Catchment
2,286 km²
Avg discharge
38,549 L/s
Elevation
720 masl
Degree of regulation
576.9 %

Notes

Satellite imagery indicates the presence of infrastructure; news reports indicate that as of 2020 construction remains delayed.

Built 2016

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Provenance

Record 7352 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 38.2947, 41.0227.