Yacyretá Dam

Local nameRío Paraná
Location

The Yacyretá Dam or Jasyretâ-Apipé Hydroelectric Power Station is a dam and hydroelectric power plant built over the waterfalls of Jasyretâ-Apipé in the Paraná River, between the Paraguayan City of Ayolas and the Argentine Province of Corrientes. The dam is named for Yacyretá Island just upstream, much of which the dam submerged. The word "Yacyreta" is the Hispanicized spelling of the original Guaraní term Jasyretâ.The dam is 808 metres long, and its installed equipment has a maximum power output of 3,100 megawatts, with a record maximum annual power output of 20.091 TWh achieved in year 2012, and a maximum water flow rate of 55,000 cubic meters per second.

Tags Reservoir
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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacyretá_Dam

Address Paraguay

Coordinates -27°24'39.011" N -56°21'2.89" E

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