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Itumbiara Dam
Itumbiara Dam is located in Brazil
Itumbiara Dam
Location of Itumbiara Dam in Brazil
Official nameUsina de Itumbiara
LocationItumbiara, Goiás, Brazil
Coordinates18°24′28″S 49°5′54″W / 18.40778°S 49.09833°W / -18.40778; -49.09833
Construction began1974
Opening date1980
Construction cost$716 million USD
Operator(s)Eletrobrás Furnas
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment
ImpoundsParanaíba River
Height106 m (348 ft)
Length7,000 m (23,000 ft)
Dam volume33,300,000 m3 (1.18×109 cu ft)
Spillway typeService, gate-controlled
Spillway capacity16,000 m3/s (570,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesItumbiara Reservoir
Total capacity17,000×10^6 m3 (14,000,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface area778 km2 (300 sq mi)
Power Station
Commission date1980-1981
Turbines6 Francis-type
Installed capacity2,082 MW (2,792,000 hp)

The Itumbiara Dam is an embankment dam on the Paranaíba River near Itumbiara in Goiás, Brazil. The dam serves an associated hydroelectric power plant with a 2,082 megawatts (2,792,000 hp) installed capacity. The power plant is the sixth largest in Brazil[1] and has the largest installed capacity of Eletrobrás Furnas' power plants.[2]

  1. ^ "Hydroelectric Plants in Brazil - Minas Gerais". IndustCards. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
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