El Chocón Dam

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El Chocón Dam is a large hydroelectric dam in Argentina known for its significant role in power generation and flood control on the Limay River.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
El Chocón Dam canonical 8
El Chocón Hydroelectric Power Station 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
basinCountry Argentina ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1968 ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
crosses Limay River ⓘ
designedFor peak load coverage ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
gridConnection Argentine Interconnection System ⓘ
hasPowerPlant El Chocón Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
linked to: El Chocón Dam
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height 86 m ⓘ
impact reduction of floods on the Limay River ⓘ
stabilization of power supply in Argentina ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1973 ⓘ
installedCapacity 1200 MW ⓘ
length 2500 m ⓘ
locatedIn Neuquén Province ⓘ
Río Negro Province ⓘ
locatedNear Villa El Chocón ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Limay River ⓘ
nearCity Cipolletti ⓘ
Neuquén ⓘ
linked to: Neuquén Province
notableFor large-scale hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
major flood control infrastructure on the Limay River ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 6 ⓘ
openingDate 1973 ⓘ
operator Emprendimientos Energéticos Binacionales S.A. ⓘ
owner Argentine government ⓘ
partOf Argentina national energy system ⓘ
Comahue hydroelectric complex ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
power generation ⓘ
water regulation ⓘ
region Patagonia ⓘ
reservoirName Ezequiel Ramos Mexía Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea 816 km2 ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity 20000000000 m3 ⓘ
reservoirUse fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Limay River → hasDam → El Chocón Dam ⓘ
Confluencia Department → hasLandmark → El Chocón Dam ⓘ
Comahue hydroelectric complex → hasPart → El Chocón Dam ⓘ
Alicurá Dam → downstreamFrom → El Chocón Dam ⓘ
Piedra del Águila Dam → upstreamFrom → El Chocón Dam ⓘ
El Chocón Dam → hasPowerPlant → El Chocón Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
linked to: El Chocón Dam
Arroyito Dam → upstreamFrom → El Chocón Dam ⓘ
Río Limay → hasHydroelectricPlant → El Chocón Dam ⓘ