Guri Dam

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Guri Dam is one of the world’s largest hydroelectric dams, located on the Caroní River in Venezuela and a major source of the country’s electricity.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Guri Dam canonical 6
Guri Reservoir 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
affectsEcosystem Caroní River ecosystem ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1963 ⓘ
country Venezuela ⓘ
countryUsesElectricityFrom Venezuela ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
firstStageCompletionDate 1978 ⓘ
hasIssue sedimentation ⓘ
transmission constraints ⓘ
vulnerability to drought ⓘ
hasPowerhouse Guri I ⓘ
Guri II ⓘ
hasReservoir Guri Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Guri Dam
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height 162 m ⓘ
installedCapacity 10,235 MW ⓘ
over 10,000 MW ⓘ
isMajorSourceOfElectricityFor Venezuela ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName Spanish ⓘ
length 7,426 m ⓘ
locatedInContinent South America ⓘ
locatedInRegion Guayana Region ⓘ
locatedInRiverBasin Orinoco River basin ⓘ
linked to: Orinoco Basin
locatedInState Bolívar State ⓘ
locatedNearCity Ciudad Guayana ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Caroní River ⓘ
namedAfter Simón Bolívar ⓘ
nearbyHydroelectricProjects Caruachi Dam ⓘ
Macagua Dam ⓘ
numberOfPowerhouses 2 ⓘ
officialNameInSpanish Central Hidroeléctrica Simón Bolívar ⓘ
openingDate 1978 ⓘ
operator CVG Electrificación del Caroní (EDELCA) ⓘ
Corporación Eléctrica Nacional (CORPOELEC) ⓘ
partOfNationalGrid Venezuelan national electricity system ⓘ
primaryPurpose power generation ⓘ
rankAmongWorldHydroelectricPlantsByCapacity one of the largest ⓘ
reservoirAlsoKnownAs Embalse de Guri ⓘ
Lago de Guri ⓘ
linked to: Embalse de Guri
reservoirArea approximately 4,000 km² ⓘ
around 1,500 square miles ⓘ
reservoirRiver Caroní River ⓘ
secondaryPurpose flood control ⓘ
navigation support ⓘ
secondStageCompletionDate 1986 ⓘ
spillwayType gated spillway ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caroni River → formsPartOf → Guri Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Guri Dam
Bolívar State → contains → Guri Dam ⓘ
Macagua Dam → connectedTo → Guri Dam ⓘ
Macagua Dam → downstreamFrom → Guri Dam ⓘ
Guri Dam → hasReservoir → Guri Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Guri Dam