Sobradinho Reservoir

The Sobradinho Reservoir is a large located in , north of the state of . The reservoir measures approximately 320 km long, 4,214 km2 in surface area, and a storage capacity of 34.1 km3 at its nominal elevation of 392.5 m, making it the 15th largest reservoir in the world.
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  • Type: Reservoir
  • Description: lake in Bahia, Brazil
  • Also known as: Represa da Hidreletrica de Sobradinho” and “Represa de Sobradinho

Sobradinho Reservoir

Latitude
-9.69716° or 9° 41′ 50″ south
Longitude
-41.47978° or 41° 28′ 47″ west
Elevation
440 metres (1,444 feet)
Open location code
682W8G3C+43
Geo­Names ID
3411864
Wiki­data ID
Q3234165
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Venetian—“Sobradinho Reservoir” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Sobradinyu su anbarı
  • Cebuano: Represa de Sobradinho
  • Chinese: 索布拉迪紐水庫
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره سوبرادينهو ريسيرڤوير
  • French: lac de Sobradinho
  • French: Lac de Sobradinho
  • Georgian: სობრადინიუს წყალსაცავი
  • German: Sobradinho-Stausee
  • Italian: lago di Sobradinho
  • Japanese: ソブラジーニョ湖
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sobradinho-reservoar
  • Polish: Sobradinho (zbiornik wodny)
  • Polish: Sobradinho
  • Portuguese: Lago de Sobradinho
  • Portuguese: Lagoa de Sobradinho
  • Portuguese: Represa da Hidrelétrica de Sobradinho
  • Portuguese: Represa de Sobradinho
  • Portuguese: Reservatório de Sobradinho
  • Russian: Собрадинью
  • Slovenian: jezero Sobradinho
  • Slovenian: Lago de Sobradinho
  • Spanish: Embalse de Sobradinho
  • Swedish: Represa de Sobradinho
  • Venetian: lago de Sobradinho

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sobradinho Reservoir”. Photo: Glauco Umbelino, CC BY 2.0.