Owyhee Dam
Owyhee Dam is a concrete arch–gravity dam on the Owyhee River in Eastern Oregon near Adrian, Oregon, United States. Completed in 1932 during the Great Depression, the dam generates electricity and provides irrigation water for several irrigation districts in Oregon and neighboring Idaho.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Owyhee Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Malheur County, Oregon, United States of America
- Location: Malheur, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.64205° or 43° 38′ 31″ north
Longitude
-117.24287° or 117° 14′ 34″ west
Elevation
2,641 feet (805 metres)
Height
417 feet (127 metres)
Open location code
85M4JQR4+RV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Owyhee Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Owyhee Dam”
- Chinese: “奥怀希坝”
- Chinese: “奧懷希水壩”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد اويهى”
- German: “Owyhee-Talsperre”
- Italian: “diga di Owyhee”
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