Alqueva Dam

The Alqueva Dam is an arch dam and the centrepiece of the Alqueva Multipurpose Project. It impounds the River , on the border of and in the south of Portugal.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: arch dam and the center-piece of the Alqueva Mutlipurpose Project
  • Also known as: “Algueva”, “Alqueva Mutlipurpose Project”, “Alqueva vannkraftverk”, “Barrage de Alqueva”, “Barragem do alqueva”, “diga idroelettrica in Portogallo”, “Presa Algueva”, “Presa Alqueva”, “Presa de Algueva”, and “Presa de Alqueva”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mouraria de Moura.

Quarter
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a quarter, which is situated 7 km southeast of Alqueva Dam.

Alqueva Dam

Latitude
38.19735° or 38° 11′ 51″ north
Longitude
-7.49619° or 7° 29′ 46″ west
Elevation
88 metres (289 feet)
Open location code
8CCJ5GW3+WG
Geo­Names ID
7535640
Wiki­data ID
Q2165228
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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”
  • German: “Talsperre Alqueva”
  • Italian: “Diga di Alqueva”
  • Japanese: “アルケヴァ・ダム”
  • Lithuanian: “Alkevos užtvanka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alqueva-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Alqueva-demningen”
  • Persian: “سد الکوا”
  • Polish: “Zapora Alqueva”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem de Alqueva”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem do Alqueva”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alqueva (brana)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alqueva”
  • Spanish: “Embalse de Alqueva”
  • Spanish: “presa de Alqueva”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС-ГАЕС Алькева”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Alqueva and Moncarxa.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Ribeira de Codis and Ribeiro dos Castelhanos.

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