Álvaro Obregón Dam (Sonora)
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| Coordinates | 27 ° 49 '20 " N , 109 ° 53' 35" W | ||||||||
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| Construction time: | 1947-1952 | ||||||||
| Height above foundation level : | 90 m | ||||||||
| Building volume: | 8th 773 000 m³ | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 1 457 m | ||||||||
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| Water surface | 205 km² | ||||||||
| Storage space | 3226 million m³ | ||||||||
The Álvaro Obregón dam (Spanish Presa Álvaro Obregón, also called Presa del Oviachic ) is a large dam in Mexico in the southwest of Sonora . It is named after Álvaro Obregón (1880-1928), a general who was President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924. It was inaugurated in 1952 by President Miguel Alemán Valdés .
The Río Yaqui is dammed , but the Mextiquic and the Fuerte are also mentioned in other sources . The dam is used to irrigate an area of 2720 km², generate electricity from hydropower and compensate for low water levels.
The barrier structure is a 90 m high dam . The dam is about 56 km north of the city of Ciudad Obregón . It is the lowest of three dams in the Yaqui Valley. The collected water comes from the mountains on the border of the states of Sonora and Chihuahua .
See also
The Álvaro Obregón dam (Guanajuato) in the state of Guanajuato , which bears the same name, has long been mistakenly considered one of the 10 highest dams on earth.
Web links
- Presa Alvaro Obregón
- Presa Alvaro Obregón, Sonora, photo ( Memento of March 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
