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Patnos Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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Patnos Dam is a dam in Turkey. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works. Earth body filler type, the dam body volume of 1.3 million m3, stream bed height 38.00 m., normal water volume of the Lake at 33,40 hm3, normal water is Lake area at 4.35 km2. The dam provides irrigation Service 5.973 hectares.

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

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