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Álvaro Obregón Dam

Sonora, Mexico

The 3267th largest power station in the world

19 MW · Capacity

The Álvaro Obregón Dam (also known as the Oviáchic Dam) is an embankment dam on the Yaqui River north of Ciudad Obregón, in Sonora, Mexico. The purpose of the dam is water supply for irrigation, flood control and hydroelectric power production. The dam supports a power station with two generators and a 19 MW installed capacity.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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