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The reservoir has a surface area of 817 km² and a volume of 48.5 cubic kilometers, making it the third largest lake in the country after Lake Van and Lake Tuz. [2] [1] It was formed between 1990–1992. The reservoir water level touched 535 m (1,755 ft) amsl in 1994. Since then, it varies between 526 and 537 m amsl.
The Atatürk Reservoir, extending over an area of 817 km 2 (315 sq mi) with a water volume of 48.7 km 3 (63,400 million cu yd), ranks third in size in Turkey after Lake Van and Lake Tuz. The reservoir water level touched 535 m (1,755 ft) amsl in 1994. Since then, it varies between 526 and 537 m amsl.
Name Area (km 2) Depth Location Atatürk Reservoir: 817 km 2: Şanlıurfa, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır: Keban Baraj Gölü: 675 km 2: Elazığ, Tunceli, Erzincan: Ilısu Baraj Gölü: 313 km 2
Turkey Peak Reservoir was first proposed in 1962, and construction of its dam is set to begin in 2025, a few miles downstream from the older lake. The Army Corps of Engineers secured the lake ...
The land was once set to be used for housing for the Turkey Creek community, of which there are around 2,200 residents, as of 2021. [ 1 ] Using a combination of Wild Spaces Public Places [ a ] funds and a $1.5 million grant from the Florida Communities Trust , Alachua County purchased the preserve from the Gainesville Investment Group for $4 ...
Reportedly, Keban Dam was the world's eighteenth-tallest dam at completion, creating Turkey's largest man-made reservoir and third-largest lake until the filling of the reservoir of the Atatürk Dam. [3] The construction of the dam and its subsequent reservoir resulted in involuntary resettlement of approximately 25,000 people. [11]
The Turkish Lake District or Turkish Lakeland (Turkish: Göller Yöresi) is an area with a series of shallow tectonic lakes within the folds of the Taurus Mountains in Southwestern Anatolia, Turkey [1] Image of the Turkish Lakes region from the International Space Station
Turkeyfoot Lake, then known as Turkey Foot Lake, is featured in an 1874 Summit County atlas. The question seemed easy enough. In fact, I thought I already knew the answer.