Salto Grande Dam
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The Salto Grande Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Uruguay River
, located between Concordia, Argentina
, and Salto, Uruguay
; thus is shared between the two countries.
The construction of the dam began in 1974 and was completed in 1979. Power is generated by fourteen Kaplan
turbines
, totalling the installed capacity to . The dam passes approximately 64000 cubic metre of water per second, compared to the current average flow of the Uruguay River at 4622 cubic metre. The reservoir
has a total area of 783 square kilometre, while its maximum dimensions are 140 ×.
Uruguay River
The Uruguay River is a river in South America. It flows from north to south and makes boundary with Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, separating some of the Argentine provinces of the Mesopotamia from the other two countries...
, located between Concordia, Argentina
Concordia, Entre Ríos
San Antonio de Padua de la Concordia is a city in the north-east of the province of Entre Ríos in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It has about 142,000 inhabitants as of the , and is the head town of the department of the same name.Concordia lies on the right-hand shore of the Uruguay River, opposite...
, and Salto, Uruguay
Salto, Uruguay
Salto is the capital city of the Salto Department in northwestern Uruguay and the second largest city of the country. It is located on Route 3, about northwest of Montevideo, and on the east bank of Río Uruguay, across the city Concordia of Argentina...
; thus is shared between the two countries.
The construction of the dam began in 1974 and was completed in 1979. Power is generated by fourteen Kaplan
Kaplan turbine
The Kaplan turbine is a propeller-type water turbine which has adjustable blades. It was developed in 1913 by the Austrian professor Viktor Kaplan, who combined automatically adjusted propeller blades with automatically adjusted wicket gates to achieve efficiency over a wide range of flow and...
turbines
Water turbine
A water turbine is a rotary engine that takes energy from moving water.Water turbines were developed in the 19th century and were widely used for industrial power prior to electrical grids. Now they are mostly used for electric power generation. They harness a clean and renewable energy...
, totalling the installed capacity to . The dam passes approximately 64000 cubic metre of water per second, compared to the current average flow of the Uruguay River at 4622 cubic metre. The reservoir
Reservoir
A reservoir , artificial lake or dam is used to store water.Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as brickwork or cast concrete.The term reservoir may also be used to...
has a total area of 783 square kilometre, while its maximum dimensions are 140 ×.
See also
- List of conventional hydroelectric power stations
- List of power stations in Argentina
- Salto Grande Waterfall