Petit-Saut Dam
The Petit-Saut Dam is a gravity dam on the Sinnamary River about 36 km south of Sinnamary in French Guiana. The primary purpose of the dam is to produce hydroelectric power and it supports a 116 MW power station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Petit-Saut Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Sinnamary, French Guiana
- Categories: gravity dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Sinnamary, Arrondissement of Cayenne, Guyane, French Guiana, South America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Petit-Saut Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barrage de Petit Saut (alihan sa tubig)”
- Cebuano: “Barrage de Petit Saut”
- Dutch: “Petit-Saut Dam”
- Dutch: “Petit-Sautdam”
- Finnish: “Petit-Sautin vesivoimalaitos”
- French: “Barrage de Petit saut”
- French: “Barrage de Petit Saut”
- French: “barrage de Petit-Saut”
- French: “Barrage de petit-saut”
- French: “Barrage de Petit-saut”
- French: “Barrage de Petit-Saut”
- French: “Barrage EDF de Petit-Saut”
- French: “Barrage EDF petit-Saut”
- French: “Barrage EDF-Petit-Saut”
- French: “Barrage EDF/Petit-Saut”
- German: “Petit-Saut-Staudamm”
- Italian: “Lago di Petit-Saut”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Petit-Saut-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Petit-Saut-demningen”
- Swedish: “Barrage de Petit Saut (dammbyggnad)”
- Swedish: “Barrage de Petit Saut”
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