turkey built a dam on the euphrates river because it began in 1998.
turkey built a dam on the euphrates river because it began in 1998.
why did turkey build a dam on the euphrates river?
began in 1998
the atatürk dam (), originally the karababa dam, is a zoned rock-fill dam with a central core on the euphrates river on the border of adıyaman province and şanlıurfa province in the southeastern anatolia region of turkey. built both to generate electricity and to irrigate the plains in the region, it was renamed in honour of mustafa kemal atatürk (1881–1938), the founder of the turkish republic. the construction began in 1983 and was completed in 1990. the dam and the hydroelectric power plant, which went into service after the upfilling of the reservoir was completed in 1992, are operated by the state hydraulic works (dsi̇). the reservoir created behind the dam, called lake atatürk dam (), is the third largest in the world.
atatürk dam
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the tigris-euphrates river basin consists of its two primary rivers – the tigris river and the euphrates river – and their minor tributaries. both the tigris and the euphrates originate in southeastern turkey. the tigris flows from turkey, tracing the border between turkey and syria for 32 km before flowing south through iraq. from its origin in turkey, the euphrates flows into syria from the north, before continuing on through iraq. the two rivers meet in iraq to form the shatt al-arab, which flows south into the persian gulf.









































section::::tigris-euphrates river basin.:regional conflict.
water conflict in the middle east and north africa