Tucurui Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tocantins River in Para State, Brazil, and was the first large hydroelectric project built in the Brazilian Amazon. Its first phase was completed in 1984 and a second phase in 2010, giving the plant 25 turbines and an installed capacity of about 8,370 megawatts. Its Creager type spillway, with a maximum discharge capacity of 110,000 cubic meters per second, is the second largest of its kind in the world. The dam's reservoir, Lago Tucurui, covers about 2,850 square kilometers.
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Facility Type LocationTucurui, Para, Brazil, on the Tocantins River 1 Capacity (MW) Commissioned YearThe dam's first powerhouse entered service in 1984; a second powerhouse added later increased total installed capacity to the figure shown. Connections
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Hydroelectric dam on the Tocantins River, Para, Brazil, the first large hydroelectric project built entirely by Brazilian engineers.
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Tucurui, Para, Brazil
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concrete gravity dam
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Concrete gravity
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The Tucuruí Dam (Tucuruí means "grasshopper's water", translated from Tupí language; Portuguese: Tucuruí) is a concrete gravity dam on the Tocantins River located on the Tucuruí County in the State of Pará, Brazil.
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The Tucuruí Dam (Tucuruí means "grasshopper's water", translated from Tupí language; Portuguese: Tucuruí) is a concrete gravity dam on the Tocantins River located on the Tucuruí County in the State of Pará, Brazil.
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