Alcántara Dam

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Alcántara Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Tagus River in western Spain, known for its significant role in power generation and water management.

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Label Occurrences
Alcántara Dam canonical 4

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
basinCountry Spain ⓘ
belongsToSector energy infrastructure ⓘ
water infrastructure ⓘ
constructionBegan 1964 ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
designType arch-gravity dam ⓘ
hasFunction electricity generation for the Spanish grid ⓘ
regulation of Tagus River flow ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height 130 m ⓘ
length 570 m ⓘ
locatedIn Extremadura ⓘ
locatedInHydrologicalConfederation Confederación Hidrográfica del Tajo ⓘ
locatedInProvince Cáceres Province ⓘ
locatedInRegion western Spain ⓘ
locatedNear Alcántara ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Tagus River ⓘ
namedAfter Alcántara ⓘ
nearbyInfrastructure Alcántara Roman Bridge ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 4 ⓘ
openingYear 1969 ⓘ
operator Iberdrola ⓘ
partOf Tagus River basin ⓘ
linked to: Tagus Basin
plantCapacity 915 MW ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
water management ⓘ
reservoirCapacity 3160 hm³ ⓘ
reservoirName Alcántara Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea 10400 ha ⓘ
riverCrossed Tagus River ⓘ
spillwayType gated spillway ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Tejo → hasNotableStructure → Alcántara Dam ⓘ
Tagus Basin → hasInfrastructure → Alcántara Dam ⓘ
Alcántara → hasNearbyInfrastructure → Alcántara Dam ⓘ
Alcántara → hasNearbyInfrastructure → Alcántara Dam ⓘ
subject linked to: Alcántara, Spain