Itumbiara Dam

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Itumbiara Dam is a large hydroelectric dam in Brazil known for generating significant electricity and forming one of the country’s major artificial reservoirs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam
hydroelectric dam
basinCountry Brazil
borderBetween Goiás
Minas Gerais
constructionStartDate 1974
country Brazil
crosses Paranaíba River
damHeight 106 m
damLength 7200 m
energySource hydropower
gridConnection Brazilian high-voltage transmission network
hasImpactOn flood regime of Paranaíba River
local fisheries
regional navigation
hasReservoir Itumbiara Reservoir
installedCapacity 2082 MW
isOneOf major artificial reservoirs in Brazil
locatedIn Goiás
Minas Gerais
locatedNear Itumbiara, Goiás
Tupaciguara, Minas Gerais
locatedOn Paranaíba River
notableFor forming one of Brazil’s major artificial reservoirs
large electricity generation capacity
numberOfTurbines 6
openingDate 1980
operator Furnas Centrais Elétricas
owner Furnas Centrais Elétricas
partOf Brazilian National Interconnected System
plantType conventional hydroelectric power plant
purpose flood control
hydroelectric power generation
navigation support
region Central-West Region of Brazil
reservoirArea 778 km²
reservoirCapacity 17000000000 m³
reservoirType artificial lake
spillwayCapacity 12000 m³/s
spillwayType gated overflow spillway
status operational
turbineType Francis turbine

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