Keban Dam

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The Keban Dam is a dam located on the Murat River, a major headstream of the Euphrates River, in eastern Turkey. Completed in 1974, it is designed to provide electric power, aid in flood control, and support the irrigation of cropland. The dam's reservoir is also utilized for agriculture, primarily for cultivating grains, fruits, vegetables, and cotton.1

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Murat River
Turkey’s largest dam, the Keban, west of Elâzığ, completed in 1974, is designed to provide electric power and aid flood control and the irrigation of additional cropland. Agriculture in the valley consists primarily of the cultivation of grains, fruits, vegetables, and cotton.
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Turkey’s largest dam, the Keban, west of Elâzığ, completed in 1974, is designed to provide electric power and aid flood control and the irrigation of additional cropland. Agriculture in the valley consists primarily of the cultivation of grains, fruits, vegetables, and cotton.
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Tigris-Euphrates river system
Physiography of the Euphrates
…Keban, near Elazığ, where the Keban Dam (completed 1974), spans a deep gorge. The river breaks through the Taurus Mountains and descends to the high plain of southeastern Turkey (site of the ancient kingdom of Commagene) through the Karakaya and Atatürk dams, both built in the 1980s. The Atatürk Dam…
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…Keban, near Elazığ, where the Keban Dam (completed 1974), spans a deep gorge. The river breaks through the Taurus Mountains and descends to the high plain of southeastern Turkey (site of the ancient kingdom of Commagene) through the Karakaya and Atatürk dams, both built in the 1980s. The Atatürk Dam…
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