La Boquilla Dam

E741624

gravity dam hydroelectric power station masonry dam

La Boquilla Dam is a large masonry gravity dam and hydroelectric facility on the Rio Conchos in Chihuahua, Mexico, used primarily for irrigation, power generation, and flood control.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Francisco I. Madero Dam	1
La Boquilla Dam canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	gravity dam ⓘ hydroelectric power station ⓘ masonry dam ⓘ
affects	downstream flow of Río Conchos ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Presa La Boquilla NERFINISHED ⓘ
basinCountry	Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures in Chihuahua ⓘ Dams in Mexico ⓘ Hydroelectric power stations in Mexico ⓘ
constructionMethod	masonry gravity design ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1910 ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
damType	gravity ⓘ masonry ⓘ
gridConnection	Mexican national electricity grid NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSpillway	yes ⓘ
height	approximately 80 meters ⓘ
installedCapacity	approximately 25 megawatts ⓘ
languageOfName	Spanish ⓘ
length	approximately 350 meters ⓘ
locatedIn	Chihuahua NERFINISHED ⓘ municipality of San Francisco de Conchos NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Mexico ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Río Conchos NERFINISHED ⓘ
manages	seasonal flooding on Río Conchos ⓘ
material	masonry ⓘ
namedAfter	La Boquilla NERFINISHED ⓘ
openingDate	1915 ⓘ
operator	Comisión Federal de Electricidad NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Río Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande) basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Río Conchos basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse	irrigation ⓘ
purpose	flood control ⓘ irrigation ⓘ power generation ⓘ
regionServed	irrigation districts in Chihuahua ⓘ
reservoirCapacity	approximately 2,900,000,000 cubic meters ⓘ approximately 2.9 cubic kilometres ⓘ
reservoirName	La Boquilla Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ Presa La Boquilla NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ
supports	agricultural irrigation in Chihuahua ⓘ
use	flood control ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
watercourse	Río Conchos NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Rio Conchos → hasReservoir → La Boquilla Dam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Francisco I. Madero Dam