Kılıçkaya Dam

Kılıçkaya Dam is a dam located 25 km north of town of Suşehri 158 km northeast of Sivas city in center east of Turkey and located on the Kelkit, a tributary of the Yeşilırmak River which flows down along a large fault in the north east Anatolia than runs into the Black Sea.

Kılıçkaya Dam
Official name	Kılıçkaya Barajı (Turkish)
Country	Turkey
Location	Kelkit River, Sivas Province[1]
Coordinates	40°14′N 38°11′E
Purpose	Multi-purpose
Construction began	1980
Opening date	1989[2] or 1990[1][3]
Operator(s)	Elektrik Uretim AS[3]
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Rock-fill dam
Height (thalweg)	135 m[3]
Width (crest)	405 m[3]
Dam volume	6 900 000 m³
Spillway volumetric flow rate	7,800 m³/s
Reservoir
Total capacity	1400 billion m³[1]
Surface area	64 km²[1]
Spillway volumetric flow rate	139 m³/s
Installed capacity	124 MW[1]
Annual generation	332 000 mwh/year[1]

Geology in the river basin, where many landslides can be observed, is of sedimentary formation.