Falcon Dam
Falcon Dam is an earthen embankment dam on the Rio Grande between Falcon Heights in Starr County, Texas and the city of Nueva Ciudad Guerrero in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.- Dam
- …lies at an elevation of 315 feet (96 metres)
- Description: dam in Starr County, Texas, United States of America
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nueva Ciudad Guerrero and Salineno.
Nueva Ciudad Guerrero
Town
Nueva Ciudad Guerrero is a city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Nueva Ciudad Guerrero is situated 4 miles west of Falcon Dam.
Salineno
Village
Salineño is a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas, United States. Salineno is situated 4½ miles southeast of Falcon Dam.
Falcon Dam
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location
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Latitude
26.55894° or 26° 33′ 32″ north
Longitude
-99.16476° or 99° 9′ 53″ west
Open location code
76R2HR5P+H3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Falcon Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Falcon Dam”
- Dutch: “Presa Falcón”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد فالكون”
- French: “barrage Falcon”
- French: “Barrage Falcon”
- Italian: “diga di Falcon”
- Persian: “سد فالکون”
- Spanish: “Presa Falcon”
- Spanish: “Presa Falcón”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Фалькон”
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Localities in the Area
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