Belver Dam
Belver Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Tagus, where the river forms the border line between the Portuguese districts of Portalegre and Santarém. It is located in the municipality Gavião, in Portalegre District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barragem de Belver halt and Castle of Belver.
Barragem de Belver halt
Railway stop
Photo: Rui Ornelas, CC BY 2.0.
Barragem de Belver halt is a railway stop, which is situated 320 metres northwest of Belver Dam.
Castle of Belver
Photo: Adriao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Castle of Belver is a Portuguese castle in the civil parish of Belver, municipality of Gavião, district of Portalegre, in central Portugal. Castle of Belver is situated 3½ km northeast of Belver Dam.
Praia Fluvial do Alamal
Beach
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Praia Fluvial do Alamal is a beach, which is situated 3 km east of Belver Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ortiga and Belver.
Belver
Village
Photo: Adriao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Belver is a Portuguese civil parish in the municipality of Gavião, district of Portalegre. The population in 2011 was 684, in an area of 69.84 km2. It is situated along the northern bank of the Tagus River. Belver is situated 4 km northeast of Belver Dam.
Alvega
Village
Alvega is a former freguesia, located in the municipality of Abrantes, in Santarém District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Alvega e Concavada. The population in 2011 was 1,499, in an area of 55.33 km². Alvega is situated 4 km southwest of Belver Dam.
Belver Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Portugal
- Categories: cultural heritage and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Portalegre District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
39.47958° or 39° 28′ 47″ northLongitude
-7.99908° or 7° 59′ 57″ westElevation
48 metres (157 feet)Inception
1952Height
30 metres (98 feet)Open location code
8CFJF2H2+R9OpenStreetMap ID
way 369746884OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q16496928
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Belver Dam” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Presa de Belver”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد بيلفر”
- French: “barrage de Belver”
- French: “Barrage de Belver”
- German: “Kraftwerk Belver”
- Italian: “diga di Belver”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Belverdemningen”
- Norwegian: “Belverdemningen”
- Persian: “سد بالور”
- Portuguese: “Barragem de Belver”
- Portuguese: “Barragem do Belver”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Belver”
- Spanish: “Presa de Belver”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Белвер”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Belver Dam”. Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.