Kılıçkaya Dam is 25 km north of town of Suşehri

Susehri

Suşehri is a town and a district of Sivas Province of Turkey. The mayor is Sedat Sel .Suşehri is one of country sides of Sivas.-Name:The first localization of Suşehri is 2 km from east of city centre...

 158 km northeast of Sivas city in center east of Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 and located on the Kelkit

Kelkit River

The Kelkit River , is a river in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is the longest tributary of the Yeşil River....

, a tributary of the Yeşilırmak River which flows down along a large fault in the north east Anatolia

Anatolia

Anatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...

 than runs into the Black Sea

Black Sea

The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...

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

Kılıçkaya Dam & Hydro Power Plant
Technical Data
EWLINE Location province of Sivas, on the Kelkit Kelkit Kelkit is a town and district of Gümüşhane Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. According to the 2010 census, population of the district is 39,547 of which 13,784 live in the town of Kelkit. The district covers an area of , and the town lies at an elevation of .Kelkit is one of the cities of...  River Complation Year 1989 Purpose Irrigation, Energy Embankment type Rockfill Height (from river bed) 103.00 m Storage volume 1 400 billion m³ Dam volume 6 900 000 m³ Reservoir area at normal water surface elevation 64 km² Crest length 454 m Irrigation Area 83 312 ha Spillway 7,800 m³/s Bottomoutlet 139 m³/s Power 124 MW Annual production 332 000 mwh/year Coordinates 40°14′N 38°11′E