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Tercan Dam

Coordinates: 39°45′06″N 40°24′00″E / 39.7516°N 40.4001°E / 39.7516; 40.4001
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Tercan Dam
LocationTurkey
Coordinates39°45′06″N 40°24′00″E / 39.7516°N 40.4001°E / 39.7516; 40.4001
Construction began1969
Opening date1988
Dam and spillways
Height65 m (213 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity178,000,000 m3 (144,307 acre⋅ft)
Power Station
Installed capacity15 MW
Annual generation51 GWh

Tercan Dam is an embankment dam on the Tuzla River in Erzincan Province, Turkey. Constructed between 1969 and 1988, the development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works. The dam has an installed capacity of 15 MW and provides water for the irrigation of 29,725 hectares (73,450 acres).

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