Três Marias Dam
The Três Marias Dam, also known as Bernardo Mascarenhas, is an embankment dam on the São Francisco River near Três Marias in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was constructed for hydroelectric power production and flood control.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Also known as: “Tres Marias dam” and “Tres Marias Dam”
Três Marias Dam
- Categories: embankment dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: São Gonçalo do Abaeté, Minas Gerais, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Três Marias Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “三瑪麗亞鎮壩”
- Czech: “Vodní elektrárna Três Marias”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره تريس مارياس دام”
- German: “Três-Marias-Talsperre”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bernardo Mascarenhas vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Três Marias-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Três Marias-demningen”
- Portuguese: “barragem de Três Marias”
- Portuguese: “Represa de Três Marias”
- Portuguese: “Usina Hidrelétrica de Três Marias”
- Portuguese: “barragem Três Marias” (historical)
- Russian: “Трес-Мариас”
- Slovenian: “jez Três-Marias”
- Slovenian: “Represa de Três Marias”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Трес-Мар’яс”
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