Capivara Dam
The Capivara Dam is an embankment dam on the Paranapanema River about 10 kilometres north of Porecatu, PR in Brazil. It is located along the border of the state of São Paulo to the north and the state of Paraná to the south.Photo: Kayohisatomi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Industrial building
- Description: dam in Porecatu, PR
- Also known as: “Usina Hidrelétrica Capivara” and “Usina Hidrelétrica Escola de Engenharia Mackenzie”
Capivara Dam
- Categories: hydroelectric power station, dam, building, and industry
- Location: São Paulo, Southeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-22.65961° or 22° 39′ 35″ southLongitude
-51.3595° or 51° 21′ 34″ westInception
1977Operator
Rio Paranapanema EnergiaOpen location code
589C8JRR+55OpenStreetMap ID
way 1011063797OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialWikidata ID
Q3435263
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Ukrainian—“Capivara Dam” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد كابيفارا”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique de Capivara”
- French: “Centrale hydroélectrique de Capivara”
- German: “Kraftwerk Capivara”
- Italian: “diga di Capivara”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Capivara-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Capivara-demningen”
- Portuguese: “Usina Hidrelétrica de Capivara”
- Spanish: “Represa de Capivara”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Капівара”
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