Koysha Dam
Koysha Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam that has been under construction since 2016 on the Omo River in South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region. Owned by Ethiopian Electric Power, the dam will produce up to 6460 GWh of electricity per year.- Dam
- …stands 179 metres (586 feet) tall
- Description: hydroelectric dam and power station
- Also known as“Gilgel Gibe IV”“Gilgel Gibe IV Dam”“Koysha Hydroelectric Power”“Koysha Hydroelectric Power Station”“Koysha Power Station”
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location
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Latitude
6.57669° or 6° 34′ 36″ north
Longitude
36.55115° or 36° 33′ 4″ east
Open location code
6GRRHHG2+MF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Koysha Dam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد كويشا”
- Cebuano: “Gilgel Gibe IV Dam”
- Chinese: “科伊沙水电站”
- French: “Barrage de Koysha”
- French: “barrage Gilgel Gibe IV”
- German: “Koysha-Talsperre”
- Hausa: “Ruwan ruwa na Koysha”
- Swedish: “Gilgel Gibe IV Dam”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Койша”
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