Luiz Barreto Dam
The Luiz Carlos Barreto de Carvalho Dam is an embankment dam on the Grande River near Fronteira in São Paulo, Brazil. The dam serves an associated hydroelectric power plant with a 1,050 megawatts installed capacity.- Type: Hydroelectric power station
- Description: dam and hydroelectric power plant on the Grande River, between São Paulo and Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Also known as: “Barragem de Estreito”, “Barragem Luís Barreto”, “centrale hydroélectrique Luís Carlos Barreto de Carvalho”, “Estreito Dam”, “Estreito HPP”, “Estreito Hydroelectric Power Plant”, “Hidreletrica Estreito”, “Luis Barreto Dam”, “Luís Barreto Dam”, “Luis Barreto HPP”, “Luís Barreto HPP”, “Luís Carlos Barreto de Carvalho Dam”, “Luís Carlos Barreto de Carvalho HPP”, “Luís Carlos Barreto de Carvalho Hydroelectric Power Plant”, “UHE Estreito”, “UHE Luís Barreto”, “UHE Luís Carlos Barreto de Carvalho”, and “Usina Hidrelétrica de Estreito”
Luiz Barreto Dam
- Categories: embankment dam, hydroelectric power station, and industry
- Location: Pedregulho, São Paulo, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-20.16667° or 20° 10′ south
Longitude
-47.36667° or 47° 22′ west
Elevation
709 metres (2,326 feet)
Open location code
58FJRJMM+88
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Luiz Barreto Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hidrelétrica Estreito”
- Chinese: “路易斯·巴雷托水壩”
- French: “barrage d’Estreito”
- French: “Barrage d’Estreito”
- German: “Kraftwerk Luís Carlos Barreto de Carvalho”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Estreito-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Estreito-demningen”
- Portuguese: “Hidrelétrica Estreito”
- Portuguese: “Usina Hidrelétrica Luís Carlos Barreto de Carvalho”
- Swedish: “Hidrelétrica Estreito”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Luís Carlos Barreto de Carvalho”
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