The
Keban Dam (Turkish:
Keban Barajı) is a
hydroelectric dam on the
Euphrates, located in the
Elazığ Province (also between
Tunceli and
Erzincan). The
dam was the first and uppermost of several large-scale dams to be built on the
Euphrates by
Turkey. Construction of the dam commenced in
1966 and was completed in
1974.
Keban Dam Lake (Turkish:
Keban Baraj Gölü), the reservoir created by
Keban Dam, has a surface area of
675 square kilometres and is reputedly the
fourth-largest lake in
Turkey after
Lake Van,
Lake Tuz, and the reservoir created by the
Atatürk Dam.
Coordinates:
38° 48' 21.14" N 38° 45' 0.71" E
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