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- Code Number:
- TPHV01P05_12
- Title:
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Glen Canyon Dam, Page, Arizona, USA
- Behind the Glen Canyon dam is the artificial lake it created Lake Powell. This project has inundated a huge swath of spectacular Arizona and Utah nature including Glen Canyon. US Highway 89 is carried at the top of the dam.
Height (foundation) 220 meters, (710 feet) Length 480 meters (1,560 feet) Elevation at crest 1,132 meters (3,715 feet) Spillway type: Tunnel, gated Spillway capacity: 208,000 cu ft/s (5,900 m3/s) Total capacity: 27,000,000 acre?ft (33 km3) Catchment area: 108,335 sq mi (280,590 km2) Surface area: 161,390 acres (65,310 ha) Turbines: 8x 254,000 hp, 116 MW, Francis turbines Installed capacity: 1,320 MW Annual generation: 4,217 GWh Maintained by: Bureau of Reclamation
- Keywords:
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Arizona, Southwest, Scenic, State, USA, Desert, Tourism, Hydroelectric Power, Potable Water, Structure, Generating, Generation, Electricity, Technology, Energy Production, Electrical, Industrial, Industry, Alternative, Renewable Resource, Cleantech, Hydrology, waterpower, Hydropower, Irrigation, Hydraulics
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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