Angostura Dam

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Angostura Dam is a major hydroelectric dam in Mexico that forms part of the country’s important Grijalva River power generation system.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Angostura Dam canonical 1
Presa La Angostura 1

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam
hydroelectric dam
alsoKnownAs Presa Belisario Domínguez NERFINISHED
Presa La Angostura NERFINISHED
basinCountry Mexico NERFINISHED
constructionBegan 1969
country Mexico
damHeight 146 m
damLength 580 m
downstreamFrom La Concordia Dam NERFINISHED
energySource hydropower
gridConnection Mexican national grid
impact flood regulation on the Grijalva River
regional electricity supply in Chiapas
inaugurationDate 1974
installedCapacity 900 MW
locatedIn Chiapas NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Grijalva River NERFINISHED
namedAfter Belisario Domínguez NERFINISHED
numberOfTurbines 5
openingDate 1974
operator Comisión Federal de Electricidad NERFINISHED
partOf Grijalva River cascade NERFINISHED
Grijalva River power generation system
purpose flood control
irrigation
power generation
region southern Mexico
reservoirCapacity 18.2 km3
reservoirName Belisario Domínguez Reservoir NERFINISHED
La Angostura Reservoir NERFINISHED
reservoirSurfaceArea 760 km2
riverSystem Grijalva–Usumacinta basin NERFINISHED
spillwayCapacity 10500 m3/s
spillwayType gated overflow spillway
status operational
turbineType Francis turbine
upstreamFrom Chicoasén Dam NERFINISHED

Referenced by (2)

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

Grijalva River hasHydroelectricDam Angostura Dam
Río Yaqui hasMajorDam Angostura Dam
this entity surface form: Presa La Angostura