Alqueva Dam
The Alqueva Dam is an arch dam and the centrepiece of the Alqueva Multipurpose Project. It impounds the River Guadiana, on the border of Beja and Évora Districts in the south of Portugal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mouraria de Moura.
Mouraria de Moura
Quarter
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mouraria de Moura is a quarter, which is situated 7 km southeast of Alqueva Dam.
Alqueva Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: arch dam and the center-piece of the Alqueva Mutlipurpose Project
- Categories: arch dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Santo Agostinho e São João Baptista e Santo Amador, Moura Municipality, Beja District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Alqueva Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Alqueva Dam”
- Dutch: “Alqueva-dam”
- Finnish: “Alquevan pato”
- French: “barrage d’Alqueva”
- French: “Barrage d’Alqueva”
- French: “Barrage de Alqueva”
- German: “Talsperre Alqueva”
- Italian: “Alqueva Dam”
- Italian: “Alqueva Mutlipurpose Project”
- Italian: “Diga di Alqueva”
- Italian: “diga idroelettrica in Portogallo”
- Japanese: “アルケヴァ・ダム”
- Lithuanian: “Alkevos užtvanka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alqueva vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alqueva-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Alqueva-demningen”
- Persian: “سد الکوا”
- Polish: “Zapora Alqueva”
- Portuguese: “Barragem de Alqueva”
- Portuguese: “Barragem do alqueva”
- Portuguese: “Barragem do Alqueva”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alqueva (brana)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alqueva”
- Spanish: “Algueva”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Alqueva”
- Spanish: “Presa Algueva”
- Spanish: “Presa Alqueva”
- Spanish: “Presa de Algueva”
- Spanish: “presa de Alqueva”
- Spanish: “Presa de Alqueva”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС-ГАЕС Алькева”
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