Karadere Dam

Karadere Dam is a dam in Kastamonu Province, Turkey, built between 1993 and 2007. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works. Karadere Dam is built for irrigation purposes and found between Kastamonu and Taşköprü. The scope of work includes 1,500,000 m³ of excavation, 3,000,000 m3 of fill, and 497 meters long diversion tunnel with 3.5 m diameter.
Karadere is an embankment dam; it is earth-filled with a clay-core. It has a crest of 309 m long and 90 m high from the foundation level.