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El Granero Dam

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Purpose
  
Irrigation

Impounds
  
Rio Conchos

Creates
  
El Granero Reservoir

Type of dam
  
Embankment

Height (foundation)
  
62 m (203 ft)

Impound
  
Rio Conchos

El Granero Dam

Total capacity
  
.356 km (289,000 acre·ft)

El Granero Dam (Spanish: Presa de El Granero, also known as the Luis L. Leon Dam) is an embankment dam on the Rio Conchos in north-central Chihuahua, Mexico. The dam was completed in 1968 to provide irrigation and flood control for the lower Rio Conchos valley.

References

El Granero Dam Wikipedia