El Vado Dam
El Vado Dam impounds the Rio Chama in the U.S. state of New Mexico, about 105 miles north-northwest of New Mexico's largest city, Albuquerque and about 80 miles northwest of the capital city of Santa Fe.El Vado Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States
- Location: Rio Arriba, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.59474° or 36° 35′ 41″ northLongitude
-106.73282° or 106° 43′ 58″ westElevation
6,913 feet (2,107 metres)Open location code
858MH7V8+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 357609370OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“El Vado Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “El Vado Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد الفادو”
- Italian: “diga di El Vado”
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