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on its way. The altitude difference between the valley and the top of the mountains reaches about 1,000 m (3,300 ft). The Çatak River is joined by the Büyükdere River at Çukurca, near
Pervari in the Siirt Province, after which it is named Botan Suyu (Uluçay). Running westwards by east of
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in the area. The uppermost part of the Çatak River, west of the town of Çatak, is sometimes called Norduz. It originates in the high mountains around the Nordüz
Plateau, near the border between Van and
580:"Supplemantary Studies Of The Electrical Power Resources Survey And Development Administration On The Application Of The Build- Operate- Transfer ("BOT") Basis — ALKUMRU DAM & HPP (Siirt)"
224:, which is currently under construction, will have a 405 MW power capacity. The total investment amount for the project is expected to be approximately US$ 450 million. Construction on the
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locality. Here, the rivers Zorava and Bitlis join the Botan. Finally at Çattepe in Siirt
Province, it joins the Tigris River, after which the Tigris sharply turns southwards.
632:"Global Investment Holdings (GIH), Has Won the Tender for the Cetin Dam and HEPP (Hydro-Electric Power Plant) Project, Held by DSI (State Waterworks Agency)"
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installed capacity. The amount of energy to be generated is 812 GWh, of which 350 GWh is firm energy The mean annual discharge is 129 m³/s
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A Dictionary of the
Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, Northwest Persia, and the Plain of Moṣul
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Crossing is only possible by boat. The river runs in narrow, deep and steep valleys. Lowlands are rare on its way, preventing it use for
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The first dam and hydroelectric plant just below Aydınlar (Tillo) district has been completed. Officially named the "
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Centrites (
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This article is about the river in Turkey. For other uses, see
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969:Landforms of Siirt Province
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82:Tigris River
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801:Tributaries
374:bō(h)tān ṣū
368:ܒܵܘܗܬܵܢ ܨܘܼ
323:Çemê Botanê
226:Pervari Dam
199:Alkumru Dam
117:Botan River
29:Botan River
953:Categories
926:41°46′35″E
923:37°43′36″N
850:Little Zab
736:Diyarbakır
712:(1,377 km)
684:The Tigris
452:0520220420
404:References
308:Botan Suyu
303:Botan Çayı
236:In history
230:Keskin Dam
180:irrigation
845:Great Zab
771:Kadhimiya
746:Hasankeyf
691:Countries
616:5 October
394:Kentrites
388:romanized
383:Κεντρίτης
336:romanized
253:Κεντρίτης
222:Çetin Dam
165:discharge
158:Bostancık
134:There is
92:Discharge
700:(523 km)
454:, p. 126
446:, 1999,
419:(1901).
327:Armenian
268:See also
258:Corduene
248:Xenophon
243:Anabasis
150:Aydınlar
46:Location
901:Samarra
855:'Adhaim
776:Baghdad
766:Samarra
706:(40 km)
534:July 4,
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319:Kurdish
299:Turkish
280:Shattak
262:Armenia
240:In his
141:Hakkâri
51:Country
896:Badush
860:Diyala
825:Garzan
821:Batman
791:Kemune
786:Al-Kūt
781:Amarah
761:Tikrit
741:Bismil
729:Cities
698:Turkey
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363:Syriac
314:Uluçay
145:canyon
125:Turkey
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55:Turkey
891:Mosul
886:Cizre
881:Ilısu
876:Dicle
835:Botan
831:Savur
828:Göksu
817:Hazro
814:Pamuk
808:Ambar
756:Mosul
751:Cizre
704:Syria
311:, or
286:Notes
154:Siirt
67:Mouth
40:Botan
869:Dams
811:Kuru
710:Iraq
644:2008
618:2012
592:2008
566:2008
536:2015
510:2008
448:ISBN
356:warm
347:lit.
342:Jerm
331:Ջերմ
260:and
220:The
186:Dams
163:The
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