Angostura Dam

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Angostura Dam is a major hydroelectric dam in Mexico that forms part of the country’s important Grijalva River power generation system.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Angostura Dam canonical 1
Presa La Angostura 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Presa Belisario Domínguez ⓘ
linked to: Presa Peñitas

Presa La Angostura ⓘ
basinCountry Mexico ⓘ
constructionBegan 1969 ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
damHeight 146 m ⓘ
damLength 580 m ⓘ
downstreamFrom La Concordia Dam ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
gridConnection Mexican national grid ⓘ
impact flood regulation on the Grijalva River ⓘ
regional electricity supply in Chiapas ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1974 ⓘ
installedCapacity 900 MW ⓘ
locatedIn Chiapas ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Grijalva River ⓘ
namedAfter Belisario Domínguez ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 5 ⓘ
openingDate 1974 ⓘ
operator Comisión Federal de Electricidad ⓘ
partOf Grijalva River cascade ⓘ
Grijalva River power generation system ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
power generation ⓘ
region southern Mexico ⓘ
reservoirCapacity 18.2 km3 ⓘ
reservoirName Belisario Domínguez Reservoir ⓘ
La Angostura Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea 760 km2 ⓘ
riverSystem Grijalva–Usumacinta basin ⓘ
spillwayCapacity 10500 m3/s ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow spillway ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
upstreamFrom Chicoasén Dam ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Grijalva River → hasHydroelectricDam → Angostura Dam ⓘ
Río Yaqui → hasMajorDam → Presa La Angostura ⓘ
linked to: Angostura Dam