Serra da Mesa
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ S , 48 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ W | ||||||||
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| Construction time: | until 1998 | ||||||||
| Height above foundation level : | 154 m | ||||||||
| Building volume: | 12.7 million m³ | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 1544 m | ||||||||
| Power plant output: | 1275 MW | ||||||||
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| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 460 m | ||||||||
| Water surface | 1784 km² | ||||||||
| Storage space | 54,400 million m³ | ||||||||
| Design flood : | 14,750 m³ / s | ||||||||
The Serra da Mesa reservoir ( Portuguese: Lago de Serra da Mesa ) is located in the municipality of Minaçu in the north of the Brazilian state of Goiás . It is formed by a dam that dams the Rio Tocantins . The reservoir is the fifth largest in terms of an area of around 1,784 (or 1,794) km² and the largest reservoir in Brazil in terms of volume of 54.4 billion m³.
Fish farming is also carried out in the reservoir. The government estimates that Serra da Mesa could produce 34,000 tons of fish annually. The state of Goiás wants to increase the annual production of fish to a total of 297,000 tons, which is more than 15 times the current amount of 18,700 tons. Fish such as Tilápia, Tambaqui, Pirapitinga, Lambari, Pirarucu , Pirarara and Jurupensém are bred. Currently (as of September 2013) there are 22 fish farms on the reservoir.
power plant
The barrier structure is a 154 m high dam made of earth and rock debris . The hydropower plant has a nominal output of 1,275 MW (3 times 425 MW) and is operated by Furnas Centrais Elétricas .
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 # Brazil
Web links
- Serra da Mesa
- Resumo informativo da barragem da ueh Serra da Mesa - go
- Japan Dam Foundation
- Site plan on page 293, photos on page 300 (PDF file; 390 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Dr. Marcelo Pompêo: MAIORES REPRESAS BRASILEIRAS. (No longer available online.) Universidade de São Paulo , archived from the original on August 19, 2014 ; Retrieved October 11, 2014 (Portuguese).
- ↑ a b Serra da Mesa Hydroelectric Plant. Furnas Centrais Elétricas, accessed October 11, 2014 .
- ↑ Serra da Mesa marca novo tempo para piscicultura de Goiás. Portal Brasil, May 26, 2014, accessed October 12, 2014 (Portuguese).
- ^ Aquaculture Sites Up for Sale in Serra da Mesa and Canabrava. The Fish Site, September 11, 2013, accessed October 11, 2014 .