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Kurtboğazı Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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Kurtboğazı Dam is a dam in Ankara. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works. The dam built between 1963 and 1967 on the Kurtboğazı Stream in Ankara for the purpose of irrigation and drinking water supply. It provides irrigation service to an area of 3,780 hectares and provides 67 hm³ of drinking and utility water per year.

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

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