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The river is dammed near Paso de los Toros, creating the Rincón del Bonete Reservoir, also called the Gabriel Terra Reservoir or the Rio Negro Reservoir. With a surface area of about 1,100 square kilometres (420 sq mi), it is the largest reservoir in Uruguay and has an installed capacity of 160 MW. [2]
The Río Negro discharges into Río Uruguay about 32 kilometres (20 mi) southwest of Fray Bentos. Notable along its course in respect to this department are two hydroelectric dams: the Rincón de Baygorria Dam, forming the Baygorria Reservoir and the Constitución Dam (also known as Palmar Dam), forming the Paso de Palmar Reservoir. In both ...
The Rincón del Bonete Lake is the largest body of fresh water in Uruguay. It is located in the middle of the country in the south part of Tacuarembó Department with a small part of it reaching into the north part of Durazno Department. Rincón del Bonete is an artificial lake formed by a dam on the course of Río Negro. It was built in 1945 ...
Tacuarembó (Spanish pronunciation: [takwaɾemˈbo]) is the largest department of Uruguay and it is part of its northern region. Its capital is Tacuarembó.It borders Rivera Department to its north and east, the departments of Salto, Paysandú and Río Negro to its west and has the river Río Negro flowing along its south border, separating it from the departments of Durazno and Cerro Largo.
The longest and most important of the rivers draining westward is the Río Negro, which crosses the entire country from northeast to west before emptying into the Río Uruguay. [1] A dam on the Río Negro at Paso de los Toros has created a reservoir—the Embalse del Río Negro—that is the largest artificial lake in South America. [1]
At the Canelon Grande Reservoir, a major source of water for Uruguay's thirsty capital Montevideo, water levels have been so low for so long that grass now covers much of what used to be a lake.
This is a list of rivers in Uruguay. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. All rivers in Uruguay drain to the Atlantic Ocean. Río de la Plata. Uruguay River. San Salvador River; Río Negro. Arroyo Grande; Yí River. Porongos River; Chamangá River; Tacuarembó River ...
the Salto Grande dam on the Uruguay River on the border with Argentina, inaugurated in 1979, with a 1,890 MW power plant and a storage capacity of 5 km 3; the Rincón del Bonete dam on the Negro River, inaugurated in 1945, with a 160 MW power plant and the largest reservoir in the country with a storage capacity of 8.8 km 3