Salto Grande
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| Coordinates | 31 ° 15 '15 " S , 57 ° 55' 43" W | ||||||||
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| Construction time: | 1974-1979 | ||||||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 65 m | ||||||||
| Building volume: | 3.965 million m³ | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 3000 m | ||||||||
| Power plant output: | 1890 MW | ||||||||
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| Water surface | 783 km² | ||||||||
| Storage space | 5000 million m³ | ||||||||
| Design flood : | 64,000 m³ / s | ||||||||
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Salto Grande is a hydroelectric plant located north of the Uruguayan city of Salto and the Argentine city of Concordia . The Río Uruguay is dammed at the point to the reservoir Embalse Salto Grande . This is on the border between Uruguay and Argentina . Its storage capacity is 5 billion cubic meters and its water surface is 783 km².
Construction began in 1974, and electricity was produced from 1979. The hydropower plant is equipped with 14 Kaplan turbines that can generate 1890 megawatts. The flood discharge has a discharge capacity of 64,000 m³ / s.
The barrier structure is 3000 m long, a maximum of 65 m high and consists of an earth embankment combined with a gravity dam . A road and a railway line that connect Uruguay with Argentina run on it.
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 power plants in Argentina
- List of dams in the world (Argentina)
- List of dams in the world (Uruguay)
Web links
- www.saltogrande.org (Spanish)
