Location ConcordiaSalto Length 3,000 m (9,800 ft) Construction began 1 April 1974 Architect Mario Roberto Álvarez | Opening date 1979 Height 65 m (213 ft) Opened 1979 | |
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Spillway capacity 64,000 m/s (2,300,000 cu ft/s) Similar Termas de Federacion, Yacyretá Dam, El Palmar National Park, Museo Regional Municipal, Parque Acuático Acuamanía | ||
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The Salto Grande Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Uruguay River, located between Concordia, Argentina, and Salto, Uruguay; thus is shared between the two countries.
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Map of Salto Grande Dam, Uruguay
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).
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