El Quimbo Dam

E183845
gravity dam hydroelectric dam

El Quimbo Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Magdalena River in Colombia, built to generate power and support the country’s energy supply.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
El Quimbo Dam canonical 1
Presa El Quimbo 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
alsoKnownAs El Quimbo Dam ⓘ
surface form: Presa El Quimbo
basinCountry Colombia ⓘ
commissioningDate 2015 ⓘ
constructionBegan 2009 ⓘ
constructionImpacts archaeological site flooding ⓘ
fish habitat alteration ⓘ
constructionMethod concrete gravity structure ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
fundingSource private investment ⓘ
gridConnection Colombian National Interconnected System ⓘ
surface form: Colombian national grid
hasEnvironmentalLicense yes ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height about 151 m ⓘ
impact displacement of local communities ⓘ
environmental controversy ⓘ
flooded agricultural land ⓘ
installedCapacity 400 MW ⓘ
languageOfLocality Spanish ⓘ
length about 645 m ⓘ
locatedIn Huila Department ⓘ
locatedInContinent South America ⓘ
locatedNear Garzón, Huila ⓘ
Gigante, Huila ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Magdalena River ⓘ
nearbyDam Betania Dam ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 2 ⓘ
openingDate 2015 ⓘ
operator Emgesa ⓘ
ownedBy Emgesa ⓘ
Enel Colombia ⓘ
partOf Colombian National Interconnected System ⓘ
surface form: Colombian national interconnected power system
plantType conventional hydroelectric power station ⓘ
purpose electricity supply ⓘ
energy security ⓘ
power generation ⓘ
regionServed Colombia ⓘ
regulator ANLA (Autoridad Nacional de Licencias Ambientales) ⓘ
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia ⓘ
surface form: Colombian Ministry of Environment
reservoirCapacity about 3,000,000,000 m³ ⓘ
reservoirName El Quimbo Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea about 8,250 ha ⓘ
riverSystem Magdalena River valley ⓘ
surface form: Magdalena River basin
spillwayType gated overflow spillway ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
upstreamFrom Betania Dam ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Huila Department → contains → El Quimbo Dam ⓘ
El Quimbo Dam → alsoKnownAs → El Quimbo Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Presa El Quimbo