Álvaro Obregón Dam (Guanajuato)
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| Coordinates | 21 ° 11 ′ 30 ″ N , 100 ° 58 ′ 30 ″ W | ||||
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| Lock type: | Gravity dam | ||||
| Construction time: | 1946/1977 | ||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 25.8 m | ||||
| Crown length: | 88 m | ||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||
| Water surface | 1.436 km² | ||||
| Storage space | 10.9 million m³ | ||||
| Total storage space : | 12.5 million m³ | ||||
| Design flood : | 550 m³ / s | ||||
The Álvaro Obregón dam (also called "El Gallinero" after a neighboring town) is a small dam in Mexico. It stands northwest of Dolores Hidalgo in Guanajuato in central Mexico and was built in 1946, according to other information in 1977. It is named after Álvaro Obregón (1880-1928), a general who was President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924.
Dam wall
The dam type gravity dam was for decades an alleged height of 260 m as one of the 10 highest dams in the world. It is still listed there in relevant lists (see web links). This is most likely due to a data error.
Reservoir
The reservoir behind the dam is 1.4 km² in size and holds up to 12.5 million m³; it is used for irrigation and water supply.
Others
A dam of the same name (also called Oviacic Dam) is located in the state of Sonora in northwestern Mexico.
See also
- List of the largest dams on earth
- List of the largest reservoirs on earth
- List of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world
- List of dams in the world
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f [1] Presas Lerma Chapala (xls file)
- ↑ a b c [2] Estudio Hidrológico del Estado de Guanajuato (PDF file)