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Dicle Dam
Dicle Dam
	Location of Dicle Dam in Turkey
Official name	Dicle Baraji
Location	Diyarbakır, Turkey
Coordinates	38°13′51.02″N 40°10′35.59″E / 38.2308389°N 40.1765528°E
Purpose	Power, irrigation
Status	Operational
Construction began	1986
Opening date	1997
Owner(s)	State Hydraulic Works
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, earth-fill
Impounds	Tigris River
Height	75 m (246 ft)
Length	307 m (1,007 ft)
Elevation at crest	718 m (2,356 ft)
Width (crest)	10 m (33 ft)
Width (base)	328 m (1,076 ft)
Dam volume	3,100,000 m3 (2,513 acre⋅ft)
Spillway type	Service overflow, controlled-chute
Spillway capacity	5,000 m3/s (176,573 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Dicle Reservoir
Total capacity	595,000,000 m3 (482,000 acre⋅ft)
Active capacity	255,000,000 m3 (207,000 acre⋅ft)
Inactive capacity	340,000,000 m3 (280,000 acre⋅ft)
Catchment area	3,216 km2 (1,242 sq mi)
Surface area	24 km2 (9.3 sq mi)
Maximum length	20 km (12 mi)
Normal elevation	710 m (2,330 ft)
Power Station
Hydraulic head	67 m (220 ft) (gross)
Turbines	3 x 55 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity	110 MW
Annual generation	298 GWh

Dicle Dam is one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey. These facilities are located within the provincial territory of Diyarbakır, at a distance of 50 kilometres to Diyarbakır city centre. More specifically, the dam and the hydroelectric power plant are located in Eğil district,^[2] at a distance of 800 metres from the point of junction of the streams of Maden Stream and Dibni to form the Tigris, and 22 kilometres downstream of the Kralkızı Dam. Construction works were started in 1986 and the dam was completed in 1997.^[3] The dam has an installed hydroelectric capacity of 110 MW^[4] and is designed to ultimately irrigate 128,080 hectares. In 2001 a water transmission line and a water treatment plant were commissioned that provided about 85% of the drinking water for the city of Diyarbakir in 2010. In 2018 a gate of the dam broke the water lever decreased and a part of a village re-emerged in the Eğil district.^[5]

References

^ "Ilisu Dam Environmental Impact Assessment" (PDF). State Hydraulic Works. 2005. pp. TABLE 2–4 (PDF pgs. 114–115). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
^ "Ancient Underwater Village Has Been Revealed in Turkey (photos)". armedia.am. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
^ "Anadolu Agency". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
^ . 2007-09-28. pp. 2–11 http://www.ecgd.gov.uk/eiar_s2.pdf. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2020-03-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ AA, Daily Sabah with (2018-12-20). "Drop in dam water reveals submerged village, Elisha's tomb in SE Turkey's Diyarbakır". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-03-25.