Country Bosnia and Herzegovina Status Operational Surface area 14.74 km² Construction began 1964 | Purpose Power Catchment area 550 km² Create Rama Lake | |
Location Prozor, Prozor-Rama, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Opening date 1968; 49 years ago (1968) Owner(s) Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity government Similar Čapljina Hydroelectric Power St, Messochora Dam, Vrelo Bune, Over Bridge, Trebišnjica | ||
The Rama Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Rama river, a tributary of the Neretva river, about 4 km (2.5 mi) southwest of the town of Prozor in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Dam and its hydropower plant are operated by Elektroprivreda HZ HB, public power utility company in Bosnia and Herzegovina owned by Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity government.
Nagpur boys get drowned in rama dam at a birthday party
Characteristics
The dam was constructed between 1964 and 1968 with the primary purpose of hydroelectric power production. It is 103 m (338 ft) tall and creates Rama Lake. The dam's power station is located underground about 9.7 km (6.0 mi) to the southeast and discharges back into the Rama River. It contains two 80 MW Francis turbine-generators for an installed capacity of 160 MW. The difference in elevation between the reservoir and power station afford a hydraulic head (water drop) of 325 m (1,066 ft).
History
The power station ceased operations in 1993 due to the Bosnian War.