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.Photo: Sudhertzen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Power station
- Description: dam in Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Also known as: “Tres Marias Dam” and “Usina de Três Marias”
Três Marias Dam
- Categories: embankment dam, hydroelectric power station, and industry
- Location: São Gonçalo do Abaeté, Minas Gerais, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-18.21341° or 18° 12′ 48″ southLongitude
-45.26147° or 45° 15′ 41″ westOperator
CEMIGOpen location code
58HPQPPQ+JCOpenStreetMap ID
way 1013215666Wikidata ID
Q1457581
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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”
- Italian: “Diga di Tres Marias”
- Italian: “Diga di Três Marias”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bernardo Mascarenhas vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Três Marias-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Três Marias-demningen”
- Portuguese: “barragem Três Marias”
- Portuguese: “Represa de Três Marias”
- Portuguese: “Usina Hidrelétrica de Três Marias”
- Russian: “Трес-Мариас”
- Slovenian: “jez Três-Marias”
- Slovenian: “Represa de Três Marias”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Трес-Мар’яс”
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