Cizre Dam

Cizre Dam
Location of Cizre Dam in Turkey
Official name	Cizre Baraji
Location	Cizre, Şırnak Province, Turkey
Coordinates
Purpose	Power, irrigation
Status	Proposed
Owner(s)	State Hydraulic Works
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, earth-fill
Impounds	Tigris River
Height	46 m (151 ft)
Length	740 m (2,428 ft)
Elevation at crest	409 m (1,342 ft)
Width (crest)	15 m (49 ft)
Width (base)	190 m (623 ft)
Dam volume	3,300,000 m3 (2,675 acre·ft)
Spillway type	Service overflow, controlled-chute
Spillway capacity	18,700 m3/s (660,384 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Cizre Reservoir
Total capacity	360,000,000 m3 (290,000 acre·ft)
Active capacity	208,000,000 m3 (169,000 acre·ft)
Inactive capacity	152,000,000 m3 (123,000 acre·ft)
Catchment area	38,295 km2 (14,786 sq mi)
Surface area	21 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
Max. length	40 km (25 mi)
Normal elevation	404.4 m (1,327 ft)
Power station
Hydraulic head	36 m (118 ft) (gross)
Turbines	3 x 80 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity	240 MW
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The Cizre Dam is a proposed dam on the Tigris River north of Cizre, Turkey. The Cizre Dam is to be built in conjunction and downstream of the Ilisu Dam. The Cizre Dam is also one of the planned dams of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP). The purpose of the Cizre Dam is irrigation, hydro-power and to control the tailwaters of the Ilisu Dam.

A tender for the Cizre Dam was unsuccessfully issued in May 2008 but another issue on 15 May 2014 left Zorlu Energy as the winning bidder. The Cizre Dam will have a hydro-power capacity of 240 MW and will provide irrigation for 121,000 hectares.