Guavio Dam

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Guavio Dam is a major hydroelectric dam in Colombia known for its large reservoir and significant contribution to the country’s power generation.

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Guavio Dam canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric dam ⓘ
basinCountry Colombia ⓘ
category Dams in Colombia ⓘ
Hydroelectric power stations in Colombia ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
rockfill ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
damHeight 243 m ⓘ
damLength 390 m ⓘ
damType concrete face rockfill dam ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 1200 m ⓘ
gridConnection Colombian high-voltage transmission network ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation 4.85°N 73.25°W ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalImpact creation of large artificial reservoir ⓘ
modification of Guavio River flow ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
inception 1989 ⓘ
installedCapacity 1250 MW ⓘ
languageOfPlaceName Spanish ⓘ
localName Presa del Guavio ⓘ
locatedIn Gachalá ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Cundinamarca Department ⓘ
linked to: Cundinamarca region
locatedInProtectedArea Guavio River basin region ⓘ
linked to: Guavio River basin
locatedNear Bogotá ⓘ
nearbySettlement Gachalá ⓘ
Ubalá ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 5 ⓘ
openingDate 1989 ⓘ
operator Emgesa ⓘ
owner Emgesa ⓘ
partOf Colombian national interconnected system ⓘ
Guavio Hydroelectric Project ⓘ
primaryFuel hydropower ⓘ
purpose power generation ⓘ
reservoirCapacity 1200000000 m³ ⓘ
reservoirName Guavio Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea 70 km² ⓘ
river Guavio River ⓘ
significantFor electricity supply in Colombia ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow ⓘ
startOfConstruction 1983 ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ

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