Rincon del Bonete
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| Coordinates | 32 ° 41 ′ 58 ″ S , 56 ° 8 ′ 14 ″ W | ||||||||
| Data on the structure | |||||||||
| Construction time: | 1937-1948 | ||||||||
| Height above foundation level : | 50.8 m | ||||||||
| Height of the structure crown: | 86.90 m | ||||||||
| Building volume: | 350,000 m³ | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 1170.5 m | ||||||||
| Power plant output: | 128 MW | ||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||
| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 80 m | ||||||||
| Water surface | 1070 or 1140 km² | ||||||||
| Storage space | 8,800 or 15,000 million m³ | ||||||||
| Catchment area | 39,700 km² | ||||||||
| Design flood : | 6700 m³ / s | ||||||||
The Rincón del Bonete Reservoir (also called Embalse del Río Negro, Gabriel Terra Reservoir or Rio Negro Reservoir ) is a reservoir in Uruguay that is dammed by the Dr. Gabriel Terra dam on the Río Negro . The reservoir is located halfway along the course of the Rio Negro near Paso de los Toros .
The dam (location: 32 ° 49 ′ 51 ″ S , 56 ° 25 ′ 16 ″ W ), a weight dam in combination with a pier dam , was inaugurated on December 21, 1945 . Other details speak of a completion in 1942 or 1948. The building was by Gabriel Terra ( 1873 - 1942 ) named the president of Uruguay from 1931 bis 1938 . The German hydraulic engineering professor Adolf Ludin was the planner of the structure.
The Rincón del Bonete was built to generate electrical energy. The power plant output is 160 MVA or 150 MW ; other data speak of four Kaplan turbines with 38.8 MW each. The drop height is between 16 and 28 m. The electrical systems were supplied by General Electric and the turbines by Morgan Smith .
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
literature
- The physio-geographical planning basis for the full expansion of the Rio Negro in Uruguay in the interest of hydropower use, shipping and national culture, Adolf Ludin, Akademie-Verlag, 1950.