Dicle Dam
title: "Dicle Dam" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["dams-in-diyarbakır-province", "hydroelectric-power-stations-in-turkey", "southeastern-anatolia-project", "dams-completed-in-1997", "rock-filled-dams", "dams-on-the-tigris-river"] topic_path: "geography/turkey" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicle_Dam" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Dicle Dam |
| image | Dicle dam-GAP.jpg |
| name_official | Dicle Baraji |
| dam_crosses | Tigris River |
| location | Diyarbakır, Turkey |
| dam_type | Embankment, earth-fill |
| dam_length | 307 m |
| dam_height | 75 m |
| dam_elevation_crest | 718 m |
| plant_hydraulic_head | 67 m (gross) |
| dam_width_crest | 10 m |
| dam_width_base | 328 m |
| dam_volume | 3100000 m3 |
| spillway_type | Service overflow, controlled-chute |
| spillway_capacity | 5000 m3/s |
| purpose | Power, irrigation |
| status | O |
| construction_began | 1986 |
| opening | 1997 |
| owner | State Hydraulic Works |
| res_name | Dicle Reservoir |
| res_capacity_total | 595000000 m3 |
| res_capacity_active | 255000000 m3 |
| res_capacity_inactive | 340000000 m3 |
| res_elevation | 710 m |
| res_max_length | 20 km |
| res_surface | 24 km2 |
| res_catchment | 3216 km2 |
| plant_turbines | 3 x 55 MW Francis-type |
| plant_capacity | 110 MW |
| plant_annual_gen | 298 GWh |
| location_map | Turkey |
| coordinates | |
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| name = Dicle Dam | image = Dicle dam-GAP.jpg | image_caption = | name_official = Dicle Baraji | dam_crosses = Tigris River | location = Diyarbakır, Turkey | dam_type = Embankment, earth-fill | dam_length =307 m | dam_height =75 m | dam_elevation_crest = 718 m | plant_hydraulic_head =67 m (gross) | dam_width_crest =10 m | dam_width_base =328 m | dam_volume =3100000 m3 | spillway_type =Service overflow, controlled-chute | spillway_capacity =5000 m3/s | purpose = Power, irrigation | status = O | construction_began = 1986 | opening = 1997 | cost = | owner = State Hydraulic Works | res_name = Dicle Reservoir | res_capacity_total = 595000000 m3 | res_capacity_active = 255000000 m3 | res_capacity_inactive= 340000000 m3 | res_elevation = 710 m | res_max_length = 20 km | res_surface = 24 km2 | res_catchment =3216 km2 | res_max_depth = | plant_operator = | plant_commission = | plant_turbines = 3 x 55 MW Francis-type | plant_capacity = 110 MW | plant_annual_gen = 298 GWh | plant_decommission = | location_map =Turkey | location_map_caption = | coordinates = | website = | extra = 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, 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. The dam has an installed hydroelectric capacity of 110 MW 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.
References
- GAP Regional Development Administration - Impounding started at Kralkızı and Dicle Dams
- www.un.org.tr/undp/Gap.htm - United Nations Southeast Anatolia Sustainable Human Development Program (GAP)
- www.ecgd.gov.uk Data sheet
References
- (2005). "Ilisu Dam Environmental Impact Assessment". State Hydraulic Works.
- "Ancient Underwater Village Has Been Revealed in Turkey (photos)".
- "Anadolu Agency".
- link. (2007-09-28)
- AA, Daily Sabah with. (2018-12-20). "Drop in dam water reveals submerged village, Elisha's tomb in SE Turkey's Diyarbakır".
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