La Yesca Dam

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La Yesca Dam is a major hydroelectric dam on the Santiago River in Mexico, known for its large concrete-faced rockfill structure and significant power generation capacity.

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Label Occurrences
La Yesca Dam canonical 1
La Yesca Hydroelectric Dam 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete-face rockfill dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
annualGeneration 1280 GWh ⓘ
catchmentArea 51000 km2 ⓘ
constructionBegan 2007 ⓘ
constructionCompany Ingenieros Civiles Asociados ⓘ
La Peninsular Compañía Constructora ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
crestElevation 575 m ⓘ
damHeight 220 m ⓘ
damLength 628 m ⓘ
damType concrete-face rockfill ⓘ
damVolume 11000000 m3 ⓘ
designedBy Comisión Federal de Electricidad ⓘ
downstreamFrom Aguamilpa Dam ⓘ
fundingModel public works financing ⓘ
gridConnection Mexican national grid ⓘ
inauguratedBy Felipe Calderón ⓘ
installedCapacity 750 MW ⓘ
locatedIn Jalisco ⓘ
Nayarit ⓘ
Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ
notableFeature major hydroelectric project on the Santiago River ⓘ
one of the highest concrete-face rockfill dams in the world ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 2 ⓘ
openingDate 2012 ⓘ
operator Comisión Federal de Electricidad ⓘ
owner Comisión Federal de Electricidad ⓘ
partOf Santiago River hydroelectric cascade ⓘ
plantCommissioned 2012 ⓘ
plantName La Yesca Hydroelectric Power Plant ⓘ
plantType conventional hydroelectric ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
power generation ⓘ
water regulation ⓘ
regionServed western Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Western Mexico
reservoirActiveCapacity 1320000000 m3 ⓘ
reservoirName La Yesca Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea 33.4 km2 ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity 2190000000 m3 ⓘ
river Santiago River ⓘ
spillwayCapacity 15800 m3/s ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow ⓘ
turbineCapacity 375 MW ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
upstreamFrom El Cajón Dam ⓘ

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

La Yesca → hasInfrastructure → La Yesca Dam ⓘ
La Yesca → hasHydroelectricFacility → La Yesca Hydroelectric Dam ⓘ
linked to: La Yesca Dam