Sobradinho Dam
The Sobradinho Dam is a large hydroelectric dam built on the São Francisco River in Sobradinho, in the state of Bahia of Brazil. Completed in 1982, the dam generates power by utilizing six 175 megawatts Francis turbine-generators, totalling the installed capacity to 1,050 megawatts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Glauco Umbelino, CC BY 2.0.
Sobradinho Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Casa Nova Municipality, Bahia, Northeast, Brazil, South America
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Sobradinho Dam” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Sobradinyu su anbarı”
- Cebuano: “Barragem Sobradinho”
- Chinese: “Sobradinho 水壩”
- Czech: “Vodní elektrárna Sobradinho”
- Dutch: “Sobradinhodam”
- French: “barrage de Sobradinho”
- French: “Barrage de Sobradinho”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique de Sobradinho”
- Georgian: “სობრადინიუს წყალსაცავი”
- Italian: “diga di Sobradinho”
- Japanese: “ソブラジーニョダム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sobradinho-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Sobradinho-demningen”
- Polish: “Zapora Sobradinho”
- Portuguese: “Barragem de Sobradinho”
- Portuguese: “Barragem Sobradinho”
- Portuguese: “Usina Hidrelétrica de Sobradinho”
- Russian: “Собрадинью”
- Slovenian: “Barragem de Sobradinho”
- Slovenian: “hidroelektrarna Sobradinho”
- Slovenian: “jez Sobradinho”
- Slovenian: “Usina Hidrelétrica de Sobradinho”
- Spanish: “Presa de Sobradinho”
- Swedish: “Barragem Sobradinho”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Собрадіньо”
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