Corumbá reservoir
| Corumbá reservoir Represa Corumbá I |
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| Coordinates | 17 ° 59 ′ 21 ″ S , 48 ° 31 ′ 54 ″ W | ||||||||
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| Construction time: | 1982 / 1987-1998 | ||||||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 90 m | ||||||||
| Power plant output: | 375 MW | ||||||||
| Operator: | Furnas | ||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||
| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 570 m | ||||||||
| Water surface | 65 km² | ||||||||
| Storage space | 1.5 billion m³ | ||||||||
| Design flood : | 6,800 m³ / s | ||||||||
The Corumbá reservoir ( Portuguese : Lago de Corumbá, Represa Corumbá I ) is located in the south of the Brazilian state of Goiás .
Its 90 m high dam is located about 30 km south of Caldas Novas on the lower reaches of the Rio Corumbá , just before it flows into the Itumbiara reservoir . The northern end of the lake is about 6 km from the city center of Caldas Nova. The lake forms the border between the municipalities of Caldas Novas in the west and Ipameri and Corumbaíba in the east.
The hydropower plant has three vertical Francis turbines with a total output of 375 MW nominal.
See also
Web links
- Revista Furnas, Ano XXXIII, Nº 340. May 2007. Corumbá primeira Década, PDF file (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ^ Page of the system operator Furnas with technical data ( Memento of February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (port.)