La Angostura Dam. The original name of this dam is Belisario Dominguez.

Is located in Grijalva River near to Venustiano Carranza in Chiapas. This began operations in 1976. The purpose of this dam was produced electrical energy because it has a hydroelectric power station. The height of the dams is 147 m and it has a capacity of 703,400,000,000 m3. The dam was built with a system ArchGravity. Infiernillo Dam. It was built by Comision Federal de Electricidad and is part of Adolfo Lopez Mateos system. This dam is located on the Balsas River in the boundaries of the states of Guerrero and Michoacn. It has a hydroelectric power station and is able to generate 1,120 Megawatts. It also has a height dam of 149 m and capacity of 12,000,000,000 m3. The dam was built with type of heart rockfill of compacted soil. Lazaro Cardenas Dam. This dam is also known as El Palmito Dam and is located near to Ind and El Oro in Durango Mexico. The most important used than it has is to contain the flooding of the Sextn and Ramos rivers. Then these rivers create a Nazas River and distribute a drinking water to the Comarca Lagunera. The height of this dam is 105 m and has a capacity of 2,873,000,000 m3. The dam was built of impermeable clay core with rockfill on two batters. The Boquilla Dam. This dam is located in the cross of the Conchos River on San Francisco de Conchos in Chihuahua Mexico. This construction started on 1910 and finished on 1915. It has a hydroelectric power station. The height dam is 80 m and its capacity is 2,903,000,000 m3. The dam was built of cyclopean concrete.

Malpaso Dam. Normally is called Nezahualcoyotl Dam and is located in the Grijalva River and between Berriozbal, Tecpatn and Ocozocoautla de Espinosa in Chiapas Mxico. It has a hydroelectric

power station and has capacity to generate 1,080 megawatts. This dam has a capacity of 9,605,000,000 m3 and a height of 138 m. The dam was built of stone. Hoover Dam. This dam was built with concrete and it had the system Arch-Gravity. Hoover dam was one of the largest structures created by man in the early twentieth century. It has a height of 221 m and a capacity of 35,200,000,000 m3. The main use than it has is provide quickly and easily electric power demand, this can be able to because this dam has a hydroelectric power station. Three Gorges Dam. This dam is located on the Yangts River in China. This is the biggest hydroelectric in whole the world.It has a height of 185 m and also has a capacity of 39,300,000,000 m3. Also this dam was designed to produce 11 % of the energy than China consume but if the dam work at 100% of its capacity, it just can be able to supply at 3 % of all the consume. The dam was built of concrete. Asun Dam. This dam is located on Nilo River and the most important use than it has is take control about de yearly flooding and with this the agricultural areas have been enriched, another use than it has is a hydroelectric power station. Asun dam has a height of 111 m and a capacity 150,000,000,000 m3. Oroville Dam. Oroville Dam is an earth fill embankment dam located on the Feather River in the east of the city of Oroville, California in the United States. It has a height of 230 m and the main uses than it has are serves mainly to water supply, hydroelectric power generation and flooding control. Oroville dam has a capacity of 4,363,537,000 m3. Represa de Itaip. This dam is located in the boundaries of Paraguay and Brazil on Panama River and is the biggest hydroelectric installations in the world. It was built with a lot of concrete and steel is why this

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