Yapraklı Dam is a dam in
Turkey
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. The development was backed by the
Turkish State Hydraulic Works.
Yaprakli Dam is a soil dam built on the Horzum Creek between 1985 and 1991 and was constructed for irrigation purposes. The volume of the dam, is 1.631.000 m³ and the dam wall is 70 meters from the river bed. The lake volume at normal water level is 112.95 hm³, the lake area at normal water level is 6.50 km
2. The dam provides irrigation services to an area of 19,576 hectares.
See also
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List of dams and reservoirs in Turkey
Below is a partial list of dams in Turkey separated by region.
Aegean Region
There are 45 dams in the Aegean Region, western part of Turkey.
* Adıgüzel Dam, Denizli
* Afşar Dam, Manisa
* Akdeğirmen Dam, Afyonkarahisar
* Akgedik Dam, Muğla
* ...
References
DSI directory,
State Hydraulic Works (Turkey)
The State Hydraulic Works () 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 energy, agriculture, servi ...
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Dams in Burdur Province
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