Sobradinho Dam

The Sobradinho Dam is a large hydroelectric dam built on the in , in the state of of . Completed in 1982, the dam generates power by utilizing six 175 megawatts Francis turbine-generators, totalling the installed capacity to 1,050 megawatts.
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  • Power station
  • …is operated by Chesf
  • Description: dam and hydroelectric power plant on the São Francisco River, Bahia, Brazil
  • Also known as
    “Sobradinho HPP”
    “Sobradinho Hydroelectric Power Plant”

Sobradinho Dam

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Latitude
-9.43266° or 9° 25′ 58″ south
Longitude
-40.82833° or 40° 49′ 42″ west
Open location code
682XH58C+WM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 142588092
Wiki­data ID
Q45628

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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: “UHE 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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