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Owyhee Dam

Owyhee Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the in near , 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 .
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Owyhee Dam

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
way 754694335
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
5744570
Wiki­data ID
Q2042735
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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: “奧懷希水壩”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد اويهى”
  • German: “Owyhee-Talsperre”
  • Italian: “diga di Owyhee”

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