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General Information

Beginning of works: 1974
Completion: 1979
Status: in use

Project Type

Location

Location: ,
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Impounds:
  • Uruguay River
Coordinates: 31° 16' 30.10" S    57° 56' 18.92" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

height 65 m
retained water volume 5 000 000 000 m³
crest length 3 000 m

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Salto Grande Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Uruguay River, located between Concordia, Argentina, and Salto, Uruguay; thus shared between the two countries.

The construction of the dam began in 1974 and was completed in 1979. Power is generated by fourteen Kaplan turbines, totaling the installed capacity to 1,890 MW (2,530,000 hp). The dam passes approximately 64,000 cubic metres (2,300,000 cu ft) of water per second, compared to the current average flow of the Uruguay River at 4,622 cubic metres (163,200 cu ft). The reservoir has a total area of 783 square kilometres (302 sq mi), while its maximum dimensions are 140 by 9 kilometres (87.0 mi × 5.6 mi).

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Salto Grande Dam" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • Structure-ID
    20043559
  • Published on:
    15/02/2009
  • Last updated on:
    04/03/2015
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