Enguri Dam
The Enguri Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Enguri River in Tsalenjikha, Georgia. Currently, it is the world's second highest concrete arch dam, with a height of 271.5 metres.Photo: David1010, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: 1,300 MW dam-and-diversion hydroelectric complex on the Enguri River in Tsalenjikha and Gali municipalities, Georgia
- Also known as: “Enguri HPP”, “Enguri Hydro Power Plant”, “Enguri hydroelectric complex”, “Enguri Hydroelectric Power Plant”, “Inguri HPP”, and “Inguri Hydroelectric Power Plant”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Potskhoetseri and Jvari.
Potskhoetseri
Village
Potskhetseri is a village near the Enguri Dam in the Tsalenjikha Municipality of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of western Georgia. It previously had an aerial lift to bring workers up to the dam. Situated 22 km east of the city Tsalenjikha.
Jvari
Photo: P1rvela, Public domain.
Jvari is a very old settlement in Northwestern Georgia in the Tsalenjikha municipality. It sits at the foot of the Caucasus mountains, at the gateway to Mestia.
Enguri Dam
- Categories: hydroelectric power station, hydroelectric complex, and reservoir power station
- Location: Georgia, Caucasus, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Enguri Dam” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ինգուրի ՀԷԿ”
- Armenian: “Ինգուրի հիդրոէլեկտրակայան”
- Armenian: “Ինգուրի ՋրԷԿ”
- Azerbaijani: “İnquri SES”
- Azerbaijani: “İnquri Su Elektrik Stansiyası”
- Azerbaijani: “Su Elektrik Stansiyası”
- Bashkir: “Ингури ГЭС-ы”
- Cebuano: “Inguri Dam”
- Chinese: “因古里水壩”
- Chinese: “英古里坝”
- Chinese: “英古里壩”
- Czech: “Ingurská přehradní nádrž”
- Dutch: “Inguri Dam”
- French: “Barrage d’Ingouri”
- French: “barrage d’Inguri”
- French: “centrale de l’Engouri”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique de l’Engouri”
- Georgian: “ენგურ-ჰესი”
- Georgian: “ენგური ჰესი”
- Georgian: “ენგურის ჰესი”
- Georgian: “ენგურის ჰიდროელექტროსადგური”
- Georgian: “ენგურჰესი”
- Georgian: “ენგურჰესის კომპლექსი”
- German: “Enguri-Staumauer”
- German: “Enguri-Wasserkraftwerk”
- German: “Wasserkraftwerk Enguri”
- Greek: “Φράγμα του Ενγκούρι”
- Hebrew: “סכר אנגורי”
- Hungarian: “Enguri vízerőmű”
- Italian: “diga di Inguri”
- Italian: “Diga di Inguri”
- Japanese: “エングリ・ダム”
- Korean: “인구리댐”
- Malayalam: “ഇൻഗുറി അണക്കെട്ട്”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Inguri-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Inguri-demningen”
- Persian: “سد انگوری”
- Polish: “Zapora Inguri”
- Portuguese: “Represa de Inguri”
- Portuguese: “Represa de Ingúri”
- Russian: “ИнгурГЭС”
- Russian: “Ингури ГЭС”
- Russian: “Ингурская гидроэлектростанция”
- Russian: “Ингурская ГЭС”
- Russian: “Энгури ГЭС”
- Slovenian: “Jez Enguri”
- Spanish: “central de Enguri”
- Spanish: “central hidroeléctrica de Enguri”
- Spanish: “Presa de Inguri”
- Swedish: “Enguridammen”
- Swedish: “Inguridammen”
- Tamil: “இங்குரி அணை”
- Turkish: “Enguri Barajı”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Інгурі”
- Ukrainian: “Інгурська ГЕС”
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