Garabí Dam
The Garabí Dam (Portuguese: Represa de Garabí) is a planned dam and generating station on the Uruguay River between Argentina and Brazil, part of the Garabí-Panambi Hydroelectric Complex. There is some controversy over the environmental impact on the fast-flowing river.
| Garabí Dam | |
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2007 projection of the Garabí Dam and reservoir | |
Location of Garabí Dam in Brazil | |
| Official name | Represa de Garabí |
| Country | Argentina, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 28.227032°S 55.716181°W |
| Purpose | Hydroelectric |
| Status | Planned |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Earth fill |
| Length | 3,200 metres (10,500 ft) |
| Elevation at crest | 93 metres (305 ft) |
| Width (crest) | 10 metres (33 ft) |
| Reservoir | |
| Surface area | 642 square kilometres (248 sq mi) |
| Normal elevation | 89 metres (292 ft) |
| Hydraulic head | 33 metres (108 ft) |
| Turbines | 8 Kaplan |
| Installed capacity | 1,152MW |
| Capacity factor | 0.60 |
| Annual generation | 5,970GW |
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