Aslantas Dam

Aslantas Dam is an embankment dam on Ceyhan River in Osmaniye Province, southern Turkey, constructed between 1975 and 1984. Aslantas Dam is located 80 km northeast of Adana. Built for irrigation, flood manage and energy technology purposes by way of the State Hydraulic Works, the dam is 95 m high and has a volume of 8.493 hm³ packed with rock. The dam creates a 49 km² wide lake with 1,150 hm³ potential at ordinary water degree. It irrigates an area of 149,849 ha. It also supports a 138 MW electricity station, which generates 569 GWh power annually. According to a few sources, the construction of the Aslantas Dam ended in involuntary resettlement of 60,000 people.

Aslantas Dam reservoir visible from Karatepe with the fortification wall on the Karatepe-Aslantas Open-Air Museum. Partly at the western and eastern banks of the dam reservoir, the Karatepe-Aslantas National Park is located. On a peninsula on the west financial institution, the hill Karatepe is situated in the national park. Overlooking the dam reservoir, a walled settlement of the Neo-Hittites become discovered on Karatepe courting returned to the 8th century BC. Following archaeological excavations among 1946 and 1952, the website turned into preserved because the Karatepe-Aslantas Open-Air Museum in 1958. The Kumkale on Domuztepe, any other agreement of the Neo-Hittites and a fortification built by using the Crusaders , that's located about 2 km north of this website online, become flooded through the dam reservoir.