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Karacaören-1 Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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Karacaören-1 Dam is a dam in Burdur, Turkey on the Aksu river. According to the State Hydraulic Works, it was built between 1977 and 1990, irrigates 9537 hectares of land, and generates 142 GWh of power annually.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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