Amistad Dam
Amistad Dam is a major embankment dam across the Rio Grande between Texas, United States, and Coahuila, Mexico. Built to provide irrigation water storage, flood control, and hydropower generation, it is the largest dam along the international boundary reach of the Rio Grande.
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- …lies at an elevation of 1,158 feet (353 metres)
- …is also known as “International Amistad Dam”
- Description: Major embankment dam across the Rio Grande between Texas, United States and Coahuila, Mexico
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Latitude
29.44976° or 29° 26′ 59″ north
Longitude
-101.05827° or 101° 3′ 30″ west
Open location code
75XWCWXR+WM
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Amistad Dam” goes by many names.
Amistad DamCebuano
سد امیستادPersian
ГЕС АмістадUkrainian
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