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List Of Lakes Of Brazil
The following is a list of major lakes of Brazil. * Agua Vermelha * Araros Lake * Baia de Caxiuana * Balbina Dam * Banabuiu Lake * Bariri Reservoir * Billings Reservoir * Caracaranã * Castanhão Dam * Coari Lake * Emborcacao Dam * Furnas Lake * Grajau Lake * Grande de Manacapuru * Guarapiranga * Ibitinga Reservoir * Itaparica Reservoir * Itarare Lake * Itumbiara Dam * Lake Juturnaiba * Represa de Eng Souza Dias (Jupia) * Marimbondo Dam * Mirim Lagoon, on the border with Uruguay * Mundaú Lagoon * Oros Lake * Paranoá Lake * Patos Lagoon * Eng Sérgio Motta Dam (Porto Primavera) * Sao Simao Dam * Serra da Mesa Dam (Sao Felix) * Sobradinho Reservoir * Tapajos Lake SourcesLakeNet at Worldlakes.org See also *Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens {{DEFAULTSORT:Lakes Of Brazil, List Of * Lists of landforms of Brazil Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Água Vermelha Dam
The Água Vermelha Dam is an embankment dam on the Grande River near Iturama in Minas Gerais/São Paulo, Brazil. It was constructed for hydroelectric power production and flood control. Construction on the dam began in 1973 and it was completed and operational by 1978. The last generators were operational in 1979. Specifications The dam is a long and high embankment dam with a concrete power station and spillway portion. The volume of concrete in the dam structure is . The dam's spillway contains eight floodgates each with a maximum discharge capacity of for a total of . The dam's reservoir has a capacity of , of which is live (active or "useful") storage. The surface area of the reservoir is and its maximum level above sea level is and the minimum is . The dam's power station has a gross hydraulic head Hydraulic head or piezometric head is a specific measurement of liquid pressure above a vertical datum., 410 pages. See pp. 43–44., 650 pages. See p. 22. It is us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serra Da Mesa Dam
The Serra da Mesa Dam, once known as Sao Felix, is an embankment dam on the Tocantins River near Minaçu in Goiás, Brazil. The dam serves an associated hydroelectric power plant with a installed capacity. The dam creates the largest reservoir by volume in Brazil. Background Eletrobrás Furnas began studies of the upper Tocantins River in 1981 and proposed constructing two large dams, one was at Serra da Mesa which had good geomechanical conditions. After years of studies, construction on the dam and power station began in 1986. On October 24, 1996, the dam began to inundate and create its reservoir and it was full in 1998; around the same time, the power station's generators became operational. Dam and reservoir The Serra da Mesa Dam is a long and tall earth-fill embankment dam with a clay core and in total contains of material. The reservoir created by the dam has a capacity of and surface area of . Of the reservoir's volume, is active storage. The dam supports a spillway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sao Simao Dam
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Eng Sérgio Motta Dam
The Engineer Sérgio Motta Dam, formerly known as the Porto Primavera Dam, is an embankment dam on the Paraná River near Rosana, São Paulo, Rosana in São Paulo, Brazil. It was constructed between 1980 and 1999 for hydroelectric power production, flood control and navigability, navigation. An estimated 11 million tropical trees were submerged Technical The dam is named for Sergio Roberto Vieira da Motta, a prominent industrial engineer in São Paulo. At in length, it is the longest dam in Brazil. The tall dam creates a reservoir with a capacity and surface area of . The dam supports hydroelectric power plant on its southern end with an installed capacity of . The power plant contains 14 x Kaplan turbine generators. Although there are no plans to install them, the power plant has room to accommodate an additional four generators. The dam also supports a long and wide navigation lock on its southern end with the ability to transport 27 million tons a year. History Construc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patos Lagoon
Lagoa dos Patos (, , ; English: ''Ducks' Lagoon'') is the largest lagoon in Brazil and the largest coastal lagoon in South America. It is located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. It covers an area of , is long and has a maximum width of . Lagoa dos Patos is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a sandbar about wide. The Jacuí-Guaíba and Camaquã Rivers empty into it, while the navigable São Gonçalo Channel, which enters Lagoa dos Patos near the town of Pelotas, connects Lagoa dos Patos to Lagoa Mirim to the south. The Rio Grande, at the south end of Lagoa dos Patos, forms the outlet to the Atlantic. This lagoon is evidently the remains of an ancient depression in the coastline shut in by sand bars built up by the combined action of wind and current. The shallow lagoon is located at sea level and its waters are affected by the tides, normally they are brackish only a short distance above the Rio Grande outlet, but this can vary a lot. In droughts and favor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paranoá Lake
__NOTOC__ Lake Paranoá (Portuguese: Lago Paranoá, , ) is an artificial lake in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. During construction of the city, the Paranoá River was dammed to form the lake. It is at an altitude of and has a circumference of . On its shores are embassies and consulates, sports clubs, restaurants, the residential areas of Lago Sul and Lago Norte, the University of Brasília, the Olympic Center, and the Palácio da Alvorada, the official residence of the President of Brazil The president of Brazil ( pt, Presidente do Brasil), officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil ( pt, Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil) or simply the ''President of the Republic'', is the head of state and head o .... See also * Altineu Pires, prepared Lake Paranoá charts for Brazilian Navy References Lakes of Brazil Landforms of Federal District (Brazil) Artificial lakes {{DFBR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orós Dam
The Orós Dam or President Juscelino Kubitschek Dam (Portuguese: ''Barragem Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira'') is located on the Jaguaribe River, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Ceará. It has a capacity of 2.1 billion cubic meters, making it the second largest reservoir in the state. Completed in 1961, it was the largest dam in Ceará until the completion of the Castanhão Dam in 2003. See also *Orós Orós is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil. Its largest district is Guassussê. See also *List of municipalities in Ceará *Orós Dam The Orós Dam or President Juscelino Kubitschek Dam (Portuguese: ''Bar ... (municipality) External links Map from Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais (CPRM) References Dams completed in 1961 Dams in Ceará 1961 establishments in Brazil {{dam-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mundaú Lagoon
Mundaú Lagoon is an estuarine lagoon situated west of Maceió, capital city of Alagoas state, in Brazil. Its total area is 24 km². The lake receives the Mundaú River, and is connected to the Atlantic Ocean and Manguaba Lagoon by a network of canals which cross the plain forming a lot of little islands. The lagoon contains to large mangrove and numerous types of fish, crabs, shrimps and shellfish. Mundaú Lagoon is the northernmost of several coastal lakes with the same features, including Manguaba, Roteiro and Jequiá lagoons. Besides Maceió, two other municipalities are located on its edge, the little towns of Santa Luzia do Norte and Coqueiro Seco Coqueiro Seco is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 5,864 (2020) and its area is 40.4 km². Located on the shores of Lake Mundaú, Coqueiro Seco is named from the frequent meetings of merchants .... The natural environment of Mundaú Lagoon is affected by polluti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately and has a population of an estimated 3.4 million, of whom around 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter–gatherers 13,000 years ago. The predominant tribe at the moment of the arrival of Europeans was the Charrúa people, when the Portuguese first established Colónia do Sacramento in 1680; Uruguay was colonized by Europeans late relative to neighboring countries. The Spanish founded Montevideo as a military stronghold in the early 18th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirim Lagoon
Lagoon Mirim (Portuguese, ) or Merín (Spanish, ) is a large estuarine lagoon which extends from southern Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil into eastern Uruguay. Lagoa Mirim is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a sandy, partially barren isthmus. The Jaguarão/Yaguarón, Tacuarí and Cebollatí Rivers empty into Lagoon Mirim, while the São Gonçalo Channel connects it with Lagoa dos Patos to the north. Location Lagoon Mirim is about long by wide and in area. It is more irregular in outline than its larger neighbor to the north, Lagoa dos Patos, and discharges into the latter through São Gonçalo Channel, which is navigable by small boats. Lagoa Mirim has no direct connection to the Atlantic, but the Rio Grande, a tidal channel about long which connects Lagoon dos Patos to the Atlantic, affords an entrance to the navigable inland waters of both lagoons and several small ports. Both lagoons are the remains of an ancient depression in the coastline shut in by sand beache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marimbondo Dam
The Marimbondo Dam is an embankment dam on the Grande River near Fronteira in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The dam serves an associated hydroelectric power plant with a installed capacity. Background Owned and maintained by Eletrobrás Furnas, the dam was their fourth power plant constructed. Construction began in 1971 and was complete in 1975 when the first generator went online. The last of the eight generators went online in January 1977. Specifications The Marimbondo Dam is a long and high earth-fill embankment dam with a concrete spillway and power house section. The total structural volume of materials for the dam is . The dam's spillway contains nine floodgates that are wide and high each. In total, the spillway has a discharge capacity. Reservoir The reservoir created by the dam has a surface area of and capacity of with serving as live (active or "useful") storage. The normal reservoir level is above sea level and the maximum is . Marimbondo Hydroelectric Power Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
