Coast and water / Reservoir and pond
Atatürk Dam and Viewing Terrace
Bozova, Şanlıurfa
A viewing terrace overlooking the body of the Atatürk Dam, GAP's largest structure, and Türkiye's third-largest lake.
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Its story
The Atatürk Dam, built on the Euphrates as the main structure of the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP), began to hold water on 13 January 1990. With a surface area of 817 km² and a volume of 48.5 billion m³, the resulting reservoir is Türkiye's third-largest lake; it stretches about 180 km between the provinces of Adıyaman, Şanlıurfa and Diyarbakır. The lake's water, carried to the Harran Plain through the Şanlıurfa Tunnels, has transformed the region's agriculture. From the viewing terrace near Bozova, the dam body, the spillway and the lake can be viewed together; the terrace also has the Dam Martyrs' Monument.
Key facts
- Admission
- Free
- Lake area
- 817 km²
- Impoundment
- 1990
- Getting there
- Bozova, Şanlıurfa–Adıyaman road
Trip purpose
- Free
- Photography
- Day trip
Location
37.47023, 38.31178
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atatürk_Baraj_Gölü | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atatürk_Reservoir | https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/5017937110