Salvajina Dam
The Salvajina Dam and hydroelectric plant are located in the Cauca River, corregimiento Buenos Aires, municipality Suarez, department Cauca in the southwest of Colombia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Manuel Alejandro, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: dam in Colombia
- Also known as: “Embalse La Salvajina” and “Salvajina hydro power plant”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Suárez.
Suárez
Town
Photo: Cronista, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Suárez is a town and municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia. In October 2007 a gold mine near the town collapsed, killing at least 24 people. Suárez is situated 9 km north of Salvajina Dam.
Salvajina Dam
- Categories: embankment dam, hydroelectric power station, and body of water
- Location: Cauca, Pacifica, Colombia, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Salvajina Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Embalse Salvajina”
- French: “barrage de Salvajina”
- French: “Barrage de Salvajina”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique de Salvajina”
- German: “Embalse Salvajina”
- German: “Salvajina-Talsperre”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Salvajina-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Salvajina-demningen”
- Persian: “سد سالواینا”
- Spanish: “Central hidroeléctrica Salvajina”
- Spanish: “Represa de Salvajina”
- Spanish: “Represa Salvajina”
- Spanish: “Salvajina”
- Swedish: “Embalse Salvajina”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Salvajina”
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