Kortes Dam

Kortes Dam is a dam in . The concrete gravity dam was constructed between 1946 and 1951 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, with a height of 244 feet, and a length of 440 feet at its crest.
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is a concrete thick-arch dam on the in the state of . The dam stores water for irrigation and hydroelectricity generation and is owned and operated by the U.S. is situated 2 miles southwest of Kortes Dam.

Kortes Dam

Latitude
42.17413° or 42° 10′ 27″ north
Longitude
-106.88088° or 106° 52′ 51″ west
Elevation
6,007 feet (1,831 metres)
Open location code
85JM54F9+MJ
Geo­Names ID
5829761
Wiki­data ID
Q14714791
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Italian—“Kortes Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kortes Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, lat 42,17, long -106,88)”
  • Cebuano: “Kortes Dam”
  • Central Bikol: “Sagop Kortes”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد كورتيس”
  • German: “Talsperre Kortes”
  • Italian: “diga di Kortes”

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