The Çat Dam is an

embankment dam An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface and ...

on the Abdülharap River, located near

Çelikhan Çelikhan ( ku, Komaşir) is a town of Adıyaman Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Çelikhan District.Adıyaman Province Adıyaman Province ( tr, , ku, ) is a province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The capital is Adıyaman. The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority. Adıyaman Province was part of the p ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. Constructed between 1985 and 2002, the development was backed by the

Turkish State Hydraulic Works The State Hydraulic Works ( tr, Devlet Su İşleri) is a state agency, under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Turkey, responsible for the utilization of all the country's water resources. The institution's four major functions are ener ...

. The purpose of the dam is irrigation and it provides water for up to of land.

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Dams in Malatya Province Dams completed in 2002 Dams in the Euphrates River basin 2002 establishments in Turkey {{Turkey-dam-stub

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