Atatürk Dam

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Atatürk Dam

Atatürk Dam is the centerpiece of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey and is built on the Euphrates river and completed in 1990. It is one of the world's largest earth-and-rock fill dams, with the embankment 604 feet (184 m) high and 5971 feet (1820 m). The Atatürk dam lake has a total area of 817 km² (320 miles²).

Image:Landsat ataturk 20aug83 57m.jpg|Landsat7 image of pre-Atatürk Dam, Harran (20 Aug 1983) Image:Ataturk Landsat7 03272000.jpg|Landsat7 image of the Atatürk Dam (27 Mar 2000) Image:Landsat ataturk 24aug02 57m.jpg|Landsat7 image of post-Atatürk Dam, Harran (24 Aug 2002)

External links and sources

[Official GAP web site]
[United Nations: Southeast Anatolia Sustainable Human Development Program (GAP)]
[Current status of GAP] As of June 2000
[Data sheet (PDF)]

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