Large dam programmes in North and South America that were built to make electricity, including the Boulder Canyon Project that produced the Hoover Dam, the Itaipu project on the Parana River and the Belo Monte project in Brazil. A project belongs here when its cited article places the dam in the Americas. It excludes dam projects in Asia and Africa, which have their own group, and the group records where each project stands.
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Itaipu Dam (Wikipedia)
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The Itaipu Dam (Guarani: Yjoko Itaipu [itajˈpu]; Portuguese: Barragem de Itaipu [itajˈpu]; Spanish: Represa de Itaipú [itajˈpu]) is a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
Hoover Dam - Wikipedia
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The Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the boundary between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona.
Belo Monte Dam (Wikipedia)
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The Belo Monte Dam (formerly known as Kararaô) is a hydroelectric dam complex on the northern part of the Xingu River in the state of Pará, Brazil.
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