Alberto Lleras Dam
Dam in Guavio, Colombia
04°43′29″N 73°28′59″W / 4.72472°N 73.48306°W / 4.72472; -73.48306The Alberto Lleras Dam, also known as the Guavio Dam, is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Guavio River near Guavio, Colombia.
The dam was built in 1989[3] with a height of 243 metres (797 ft).[4] The dam has an installed hydroelectric generation capacity of 1,150 megawatts (1,540,000 hp), a crest length of 390 metres (1,280 ft),[5] and a structural volume of 17,100,000 cubic metres (600,000,000 cu ft).[5]
The dam is named as for Alberto Lleras Camargo (3 July 1906 – 4 January 1990) who was the 20th President of Colombia (1958–1962).
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References
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