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″ north
Longitude
-106.73282° or 106° 43′ 58″ west
Elevation
6,913 feet (2,107 metres)
Open location code
858MH7V8+VV
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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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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: El Vado and Wright Place.
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Places to explore: El Vado Weather Station and Cooper Arroyo.
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