Atatürk Dam

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Atatürk Dam is one of Turkey’s largest and most significant hydroelectric and irrigation dams, forming a key part of the Southeastern Anatolia Project on the Euphrates River.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of Atatürk Dam (Atatürk Dam is one of Turkey’s largest and most significant hydroelectric and irrigation dams, forming a key part of the Southeastern Anatolia Project on the Euphrates River.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Atatürk Dam canonical 8
Atatürk Barajı 2
Atatürk Dam reservoir 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arch-gravity dam ⓘ
dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
irrigation dam ⓘ
annualGeneration approximately 8900 GWh ⓘ
belongsToProgram GAP (Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi) ⓘ
constructionMethod roller-compacted rock-fill ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1983 ⓘ
constructionType concrete-faced rock-fill ⓘ
coordinates approximately 37.4°N 38.3°E ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
crestElevation 542 m above sea level ⓘ
damVolume 84.5 million m³ ⓘ
height 169 m ⓘ
impact change in downstream flow regime of Euphrates ⓘ
creation of one of Turkey’s largest artificial lakes ⓘ
resettlement of local populations ⓘ
installedCapacity 2400 MW ⓘ
irrigatedAreaTarget approximately 1.7 million hectares ⓘ
isOneOfLargestDamsIn Middle East ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
length 1820 m ⓘ
locatedInProvince Adıyaman Province ⓘ
Şanlıurfa Province ⓘ
locatedInRegion Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Euphrates River ⓘ
linked to: Euphrates
managingOrganization State Hydraulic Works of Turkey ⓘ
namedAfter Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ⓘ
nearestCity Bozova ⓘ
Samsat ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 8 ⓘ
officialName Atatürk Barajı ⓘ
linked to: Atatürk Dam
openingDate 1992 ⓘ
partOf Southeastern Anatolia Project ⓘ
primaryPurpose hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
projectCost approximately US$1.25 billion ⓘ
reservoirLiveStorage 19.3 km³ ⓘ
reservoirName Atatürk Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Atatürk Dam
reservoirSurfaceArea 817 km² ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity 48.7 km³ ⓘ
riverBasin Euphrates–Tigris basin ⓘ
secondaryPurpose flood control ⓘ
navigation improvement ⓘ
spillwayCapacity 15700 m³/s ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow spillway ⓘ
turbineCapacity 300 MW ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Euphrates → hasDam → Atatürk Dam ⓘ
Euphrátēs → hasMajorDam → Atatürk Dam ⓘ
Atatürk Dam → officialName → Atatürk Barajı ⓘ
linked to: Atatürk Dam
Atatürk Dam → reservoirName → Atatürk Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Atatürk Dam
Keban Lake → isUpstreamOf → Atatürk Dam reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Atatürk Dam
Bozova → locatedNear → Atatürk Dam ⓘ
Bozova → hasInfrastructureNearby → Atatürk Dam ⓘ
Samsat → locatedNear → Atatürk Dam ⓘ
GAP (Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi) → keyDam → Atatürk Barajı ⓘ
linked to: Atatürk Dam
Adıyaman Province → near → Atatürk Dam ⓘ