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Luiz Barreto Dam

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The 928th tallest dam in the world

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Luiz Barreto Dam

The Luiz Carlos Barreto de Carvalho Dam is an embankment dam on the Grande River near Fronteira in São Paulo, Brazil. The dam serves an associated hydroelectric power plant with a 1,050 megawatts (1, 410, 000 hp) installed capacity.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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