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The Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China, has the world's largest instantaneous generating capacity (22,500 MW), with Baihetan Dam from the same nation in second place with a capacity of (16,000 MW). The Itaipu Dam in Paraguay / Brazil is the third largest with (14,000 MW). Despite the large difference in installed capacity between Three Gorges Dam ...
Gardiner Dam [6] Canada: 1967 65.4 64 9.4 186 TE 8 Oroville Dam United States: 1968 59.6 230 4.36 819 TE/ER 9 San Luis Dam (BF Sisk Dam) United States: 1967 59.6 93 2.52 424 TE 10 Nurek Dam Tajikistan: 1980 54 300 10.5 3,200 TE 11 Samara Dam Russia: 1955 54 [4] 52 57.3 2,315 TE or ER 12 Garrison Dam [2] United States: 1954 50.8 64 29 583.3 TE ...
Hydroelectric power stations in South America (1 C) Categories: Buildings and structures in South America by type. Dams by continent. Infrastructure in South America. Reservoirs in South America. Water in South America.
Inga Dam in DR Congo. Aswan Dam in Egypt. Akosombo Dam in Ghana. Katse Dam in Lesotho. Bin el Ouidane Dam in Morocco. Gariep Dam in South Africa. Owen Falls Dam in Uganda. Osborne Dam in Zimbabwe.
Hydroelectric power stations in South America by country (11 C) A. Dams in Argentina (2 C, 29 P) B. Dams in Bolivia (5 P) Dams in Brazil (3 C, 2 P) C.
The Reventazón Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Reventazón River about 8 km (5.0 mi) southwest of Siquirres in Limón Province, Costa Rica. It was inaugurated on 16 September 2016, [2] and its primary purpose is the production of hydroelectric power. The US$1.4 billion project and largest power station in the country has an ...
The total length of the dam is 7,235 metres (23,737 ft). The crest elevation is 225 metres (738 ft). Itaipu is actually four dams joined together – from the far left, an earth fill dam, a rock fill dam, a concrete buttress main dam, and a concrete wing dam to the right. The spillway has a length of 483 metres (1,585 ft).
The main dam is 14 km (9 mi) from the border with Sudan. Supporting the main dam and reservoir is a curved and 4.9 km (3 mi) long and 50 m (164 ft) high rock-filled saddle dam. [49] The ground level of the saddle dam is at an elevation of about 600 m (2,000 ft) above sea level. The surface is concrete to keep the interior dry.